Glaude needed resources "to help me deal with my own despair and disillusionment" over this country still immersed in issues from the Civil Rights era such as voting rights. So he turned to Baldwin's words for the 'urgent lessons' of the activist's life that resonate deeply in current America that continues grappling with its history of racial inequity.
- Eddie Glaude Jr., professor, author of 'Begin Again: James Baldwin's America And Its Urgent Lessons'