Book Breaks with Eddie S. Glaude Jr. on America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries

 

Date & Time:  May 31, 2026, 02:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

 

America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries

Highlighting the major celebrations of America’s milestone birthdays across 250 years of history, America, U.S.A. suggests that a backlash against African Americans has often accompanied—even been central to—the celebration of equality and freedom. Eddie S. Glaude Jr. describes a fundamental doubleness in national identity: persistent racial hierarchy and the Declaration of Independence’s principles are “unreconciled strivings in one national body.” 

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