Brown University political science professor Melvin Rogers is joined by Princeton University’s Eddie Glaude Jr. to discuss his recently released book “The Darkened Light of Faith.”
Could the African American political tradition save American democracy? Melvin Rogers provides an in-depth account of African American political thought through the works and lives of individuals who built this vital tradition in his book “The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought.” Rogers discusses his book and this tradition with Eddie Glaude Jr., one of this country’s foremost public intellectuals helping to shape the conversation about race in the U.S.
About the speakers:
Melvin L. Rogers is professor of political science and associate director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Brown University. He is also the author of “The Undiscovered Dewey: Religion, Morality, and the Ethos of Democracy.”
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is professor of religion and African American studies at Princeton University. His influential books include “Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul”; “In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America”; and “Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for our Own.”