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Eddie Glaude Jr. on James Baldwin and America’s Opportunity to ‘Begin Again’

Eddie Glaude Jr. on James Baldwin and America’s Opportunity to ‘Begin Again’

KQED's Forum vor 6 Jahren

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In his work and life, writer James Baldwin often balanced between
feelings of despair and faith that the U.S. could be better and
become a truly multiracial democracy. It was Baldwin's ability to
balance faith and despair as well as love and rage that fascinated
Princeton University professor of African American Studies Eddie
Glaude Jr. and prompted his new book, "Begin Again: James Baldwin's
America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own." We'll discuss the
book, Baldwin, and the current "moral reckoning" Glaude sees upon
us.