Oliver Cromwell Cox

ABOUT OLIVER CROMWELL COX

Trinidadian-American sociologist, activist, college professor, and humanitarian who is considered the founding father of the world-systems perspective, which talks about racism and its impact on development and the spreading of global capitalism.

He graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1927.

He was the first ever recipient of the DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award by the American Sociological Association. He also received the W. E. B. DuBois Award in 1968.

He was the son of William Raphael Cox and Virginia Blake Cox. He was one of seven siblings.

He was the winner of an award dedicated to WEB DuBois .