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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Known for: Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
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Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
In this powerful work, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. examines the enduring relevance of James Baldwin’s ideas for understanding America’s racial and moral crises. Drawing on Baldwin’s writings and life, Glaude explores how the nation can confront its history of racial injustice and begin again with honesty and courage. The book blends biography, history, and moral philosophy to challenge readers to face the truth about America’s failures and possibilities.
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Baldwin’s Disillusionment
Baldwin entered the civil rights era with deep faith in America’s capacity to change. His essays of the early 1960s sparkled with hope: if the country faced its racist history honestly, if black and white citizens truly saw each other, then redemption might be possible. But as the movement unfolded—...
From Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
The Idea of 'Begin Again'
The phrase that gives this book its title—'begin again'—comes directly from Baldwin’s sense of moral regeneration. After despair, after the collapse of faith in America’s innocence, he refused to surrender to nihilism. Instead, he insisted on beginning again from truth. For Baldwin, to begin again m...
From Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own
About Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is an American scholar, author, and public intellectual. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. His work focuses on race, religion, and American democracy, and he is a frequent commentator on social and...
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Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is an American scholar, author, and public intellectual. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. His work focuses on race, religion, and American democracy, and he is a frequent commentator on social and...
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is an American scholar, author, and public intellectual. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. His work focuses on race, religion, and American democracy, and he is a frequent commentator on social and political issues.
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