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Glaude Jr., when white Americans met the civil rights movement's call for truth and justice with blind rage and the murders of movement leaders, so in our moment were the Obama presidency and the birth of Black Lives Matter answered with the ascendance of Trump and the violent resurgence of white nationalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these brilliant and stirring pages, Glaude finds hope and guidance in Baldwin as he mixes biography--drawn partially from newly uncovered Baldwin interviews--with history, memoir, and poignant analysis of our current moment to reveal the painful cycle of Black resistance and white retrenchment. 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Weaving together a personal story of political evolution with the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Dewey, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, and Ralph Ellison, Glaude encourages us to address imaginatively the challenges of our day in voices uniquely our own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith passion and philosophical insight, Glaude offers a powerful reminder that if American democracy is to survive, we must step out from under the shadows of giants and build a society that derives its strength from the pews, not the pulpit.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51880869331229,"sku":"9780674303515","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/1259\/2413\/files\/imageloader_4b6729b3-7f32-4b3c-bc52-1667c7b182a1.jpg?v=1781554885"},{"product_id":"we-are-the-leaders-we-have-been-looking-for-1","title":"We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking for","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eBegin Again, \u003c\/i\u003e a politically astute, lyrical meditation on how ordinary people can shake off their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and assume responsibility for what it takes to achieve a more just and perfect democracy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Like attending a jazz concert with all of one's favorite musicians...James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Ella Baker, Toni Morrison, and more...Glaude brilliantly takes us on an epic tour through their lives and work.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e―Henry Louis Gates, Jr., author of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Box: Writing the Race\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe are more than the circumstances of our lives, and what we do matters. 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But today the situation has grown even more dire. From the murders of black youth by the police, to the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, to the disaster visited upon poor and middle-class black families by the Great Recession, it is clear that black America faces an emergency--at the very moment the election of the first black president has prompted many to believe we've solved America's race problem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemocracy in Black\u003c\/i\u003e is Eddie S. Glaude Jr.'s impassioned response. Part manifesto, part history, part memoir, it argues that we live in a country founded on a \"value gap\"--with white lives valued more than others--that still distorts our politics today. 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