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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Author of America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
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Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University and author of New York Times bestselling Begin Again and Democracy in Black.


New Release from Eddie Glaude Jr

America, U.S.A. by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.: 9780593239803 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The New York Times bestselling author of Begin Again confronts America’s unfinished story in this blistering reassessment of race, freedom, and the myths that bind us. “A thoughtful, insightful,…

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