Class in Session - October 14, 2026

During last week’s “Class in Session,” Eddie delivers a poignant close reading of W.E.B. Du Bois's "Of the Passing of the Firstborn," framing the bitter elegy for Du Bois's infant son as an unconventional response to the call for a "new religious ideal". Eddie illustrates how Du Bois rejects otherworldly religious escapism in favor of an uncommon faith …