Paternal grandfather Reverend Clifton L. West, Sr.
Paternal grandmother Lovie West O’Gwynn
Maternal grandparents Nick “Big Daddy” and T’Rose Bias
All photographs courtesy of Cornel West collection
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(L to R) Cornel West, the immortal Jesse Owens, and Clifton West, June 1967
Margaret McBride and Cornel West, John F. Kennedy High School Junior Prom, 1969
All photographs courtesy of Cornel West collection
Top left: The Loving Brothers West: Cornel and Clifton [© Arnold Turner/WireImage/Getty Images]
Top right: Grandson Kalen
Middle: The West Family: (Standing) Cheryl, Clifton III, Cornel, and Cynthia; (Sitting) Clifton Jr. and Irene
Bottom left: Daughter Zeytun and son Clifton West
Bottom right: Daughter Zeytun
All additional photographs courtesy of Cornel West collection
West in dialogue [Union Theological Seminary Records at The Burke Library (Columbia University Libraries) at Union Theological Seminary, New York City]