Great post Prof. Glaude! In respecting your points of view, I take after my (white) father, who , in March ‘65, marched on the Pettis Bridge in Selma with his dear friend Cecil B. Moore, whom he met as an attorney fighting for desegregation of Girard College in Philadelphia. He was so happy to have met John Lewis (before Bloody Sunday) and James Baldwin. My wife and I look forward to meeting you at Philadelphia Public Library this Wed.
“The nation imagined itself as a beacon of freedom and as a white Republic. This is America’s double consciousness, its divided soul. And it is our inheritance as we commemorate the nation’s founding.” Our actions as a nation exemplify our character. Thank you for sharing Moses Gordon with us. Today, he rest in my heart. I recently heard your thoughts on PBS related to W. E. B. Du Bois. As a former teacher, I am frustrated that Du Bois, Baldwin and so many other pioneers are left out of the canon, diminishing my own sense of feeling well-educated. Thank you for shining a light on the pathway to finding these resources to nourish myself on truth.
What can I say that has not been said, once again Prof.your words give a lie to the PL Hartley’s often quoted words about the past being a different country. IT IS NOT. Things are not done differently there, in my view. The past exists contemporaneously with the present and those unresolved events often explode in the present with disastrous consequences.
Thank you Eddie, for this important and profound commentary. We have so much work to do. My heart is heavy today.
Great post Prof. Glaude! In respecting your points of view, I take after my (white) father, who , in March ‘65, marched on the Pettis Bridge in Selma with his dear friend Cecil B. Moore, whom he met as an attorney fighting for desegregation of Girard College in Philadelphia. He was so happy to have met John Lewis (before Bloody Sunday) and James Baldwin. My wife and I look forward to meeting you at Philadelphia Public Library this Wed.
Dearest Eddie, Such a magnificent essay on where we find ourselves in 2026. Thank you. I will share it.
“The nation imagined itself as a beacon of freedom and as a white Republic. This is America’s double consciousness, its divided soul. And it is our inheritance as we commemorate the nation’s founding.” Our actions as a nation exemplify our character. Thank you for sharing Moses Gordon with us. Today, he rest in my heart. I recently heard your thoughts on PBS related to W. E. B. Du Bois. As a former teacher, I am frustrated that Du Bois, Baldwin and so many other pioneers are left out of the canon, diminishing my own sense of feeling well-educated. Thank you for shining a light on the pathway to finding these resources to nourish myself on truth.
All I can write here is thank you.
What can I say that has not been said, once again Prof.your words give a lie to the PL Hartley’s often quoted words about the past being a different country. IT IS NOT. Things are not done differently there, in my view. The past exists contemporaneously with the present and those unresolved events often explode in the present with disastrous consequences.