Eddie Glaude, Jr.
Race and Democracy: America is Always Changing, but America Never Changes
Schreyer Honors College is honored to host Eddie Glaude, Jr. the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton University. Glaude is an author, political commentator, public intellectual, and passionate educator who examines the complex dynamics of the American experience.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Glaude’s most recent book, We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For, will be available for purchase.
Glaude’s writings, including Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, and the New York Times bestseller Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for our Own, take a wide look at Black communities, the difficulties of race in the United States and the challenges we face as a democracy.
Glaude was the Chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University from 2009 to 2023. He is also on the Morehouse College Board of Trustees. He frequently appears in the media, as a columnist for TIME Magazine and as an MSNBC contributor on programs like Morning Joe and Deadline Whitehouse with Nicolle Wallace. In his writing and speaking, Glaude is an American critic in the tradition of James Baldwin and Ralph Waldo Emerson, confronting history and bringing our nation’s complexities, vulnerabilities and hope into full view.
An American Sign Language interpreter will be present for the lecture. If you anticipate needing other accommodations, please contact Scholars@psu.edu.
This lecture is part of the Dilemmas of Democracy Lecture Series, which is funded through a generous gift from Art and Betty Glenn. Art and Betty Glenn are loyal Penn State alumni. Art graduated with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering in 1956, and Betty graduated with bachelor of science degree in home economics in 1957. Art is retired after a career at GE where he served as a vice president of multiple units. Art is a devoted volunteer and supporter of Penn State and the Schreyer Honors College. He served for many years on the External Advisory Board for the Honors College. Penn State honored Art as an Outstanding Engineering Alumnus in 1990, an Alumni Fellow in 1996, and a Distinguished Alumni in 2005.