Eddie S. Glaude Jr. and Jon Meacham
Please join two esteemed historians, educators and authors, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. and Jon Meacham, in a conversation about America’s unique history of race relations and social justice from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matters through the lens of two civil rights icons—James Baldwin and Rep. John Lewis.
John Lewis leads marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, March 7, 1965 (photo: Birmingham News)
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” —John Lewis
March to the White House as part of the Black Lives Matter movement on June 13, 2020, in Washington (photo: CNN)
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University and author of Democracy in Black and Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Message for Our Own.
Jon Meacham is a renowned presidential historian, contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, contributing editor at TIME and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. His most recent book is His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope.
