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Becoming A Multiracial Democracy
Author Eddie Glaude Jr. discusses how we can choose to “begin again” and realize a multiracial democracy in this moment of moral reckoning.
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Civics & Citizenship
History
Social Studies
Democracy & Civic Engagement
Eddie Glaude Jr., author of Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, and Roger Brooks, former President and CEO of Facing History, discuss the current moment of moral reckoning in the US, and the opportunity it presents for Americans to choose to “begin again” and become a genuinely multiracial democracy.
This is the sixth installment in the year-long Facing History Now: Conversations on Equity and Justice virtual event series.
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