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DESCRIPTION:Please join us to hear esteemed author and political commentator Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. present a picture of race and democracy that is colored by current events and framed by African American history. Bearing witness to the difficult truth in our country today\, Dr. Glaude lays bare the tangled web of race\, trauma\, and memory\, and what we all must ask of ourselves to call forth a new America. Along the way\, Dr. Glaude shares stories about the transformative power of imagination. “We must resist those voices who urge us to settle for the world as it is and call us to imagine a better world\,” Dr. Glaude says.\n\nDr. Eddie Glaude Jr. is an author\, political commentator\, public intellectual\, and passionate educator who examines the complex dynamics of the American experience. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor\, the former Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University\, and a member of the Morehouse College Board of Trustees. He frequently appears in the media\, as a columnist for TIME Magazine and as an MSNBC contributor.\n\nGlaude’s writings include Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul and In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America. His most recent book\, Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for our Own\, takes a wide look at Black communities\, the difficulties of race in the United States\, and the challenges we face as a democracy.\n\nhttps://today.coloradocollege.edu/events/8156
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SUMMARY:Sondermann Presidential Symposium - Race\, Democracy\, and the Transformative Power of Imagination by Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.
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