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Mississippi native Eddie Glaude bears witness

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Mississippi native Eddie Glaude bears witness

Eddie Glaude, Jr., is a Mississippi native, renowned author, political commentator and educator. Glaude was in as the speaker for the Medgar Wiley Evers Lecture held at the Two Mississippi Museums, Thursday, Apr. 28, 2022.

Mississippi native Eddie Glaude, one of the world’s leading thinkers and teachers on race, keeps bearing witness about America’s ugly, unacknowledged history and how it will shape our future.

For years, Glaude, a faculty leader at Princeton , has channeled his upbringing and his academic studies to inspire Americans to think deeply about where the nation has been and where it’s headed.

And this , Glaude will home to do more of it when he headlines the Mississippi Book Festival in Jackson. His most recent book โ€œBegin Againโ€ analyzes the past, present and future of America through the writings and life of James Baldwin.

This will be Glaude’s third home this calendar year. In May, he gave a stirring commencement address at Rust College, the historically Black institution in Holly Springs. A weeks earlier, he was in Jackson to deliver a powerful Medgar Wiley Evers lecture at the Two Mississippi Museums that attendees said was more akin to a sermon than a speech. 

Touching on several Baldwin writings, a central theme of Glaude’s April lecture was that โ€œthe American idea is in trouble.โ€ 

โ€œHistory matters because we carry it within us. And Mississippi is soaked in history,โ€ Glaude said. โ€œAnd as James Baldwin wrote, โ€˜It is in great pain and terror one that one begins to assess that history, which is placed one where one is and formed one’s point of view, because one enters into battle with that historical creation oneself.’โ€ 

Being largely unwilling to acknowledge our true past, Glaude says, is why so many Americans feel so uncertain about our future.

โ€œWe’re trapped in a history we refuse to know but carry within us,โ€ Glaude said. โ€œAnd Baldwin says this is the root of our unadmitted sorrow. The terrors and panic we experience have everything to do with the gap between who we imagine ourselves to be and who, deep down, we really are. The fact that we evade that question locks us into a kind of perpetual adolescence.โ€

Glaude continued: โ€œI come from a tradition that offers a story of the country that forces it to confront its ugliness, to in fact urge the country to grow the hell up. We have to close to the ground if we’re gonna change. We have to understand the power of everyday ordinary people, to imagine a better future. We have to tell ourselves the truth in order to release us into a different way of being in the world. We have to tell the truth to Gov. Tate Reeves, tell the truth to Joe Biden. As long as we view racial equality as a philanthropic enterprise, as long as we view racial justice as an act of , we’re in trouble still.โ€

Watch Glaude’s lecture at the Two Mississippi Museums on April 28:

https://www.facebook.com/MDAHOfficial/videos/1004866030463175

This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

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Dollar General vehicle theft leads to two arrests in Tupelo

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www.wcbi.com – Aundrea Self – 2024-11-04 16:10:00

SUMMARY: In , Mississippi, 19-year-old Joshua James and a juvenile face charges related to a pursuit and the of a police car. James is charged with Directing a Felony to Be Committed by a Person Under Seventeen, Grand Larceny, and Felony Fleeing, with a bond set at $100,000. The incident began on November 1 when police responded to a of a stolen vehicle. After a chase that ended when the stolen truck crashed south of Verona, James was apprehended, while his juvenile passenger fled in a police car, which was later found wrecked. The juvenile’s case will be handled in Youth Court.

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Lowndes Co. Supervisors talk storm safety for certain areas

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www.wcbi.com – Marcus Hunter – 2024-11-04 15:59:00

SUMMARY: The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors has secured to construct storm shelters in Crawford, Artesia, and Plum Grove, lacking local shelter during severe weather. Each community will four FEMA-funded shelters, accommodating up to 20 people each, on property at a total cost of $103,692, with FEMA contributing $93,000. The supervisors anticipate these shelters will significantly enhance safety for during storms. Vice President Jeff Smith highlighted their importance, expressing relief for community members who have long awaited a secure refuge. While installation timelines remain unclear, the is expected to proceed soon.

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News anchor dropped after social media post telling Trump-haters supporting Harris: ‘Stay home, donโ€™t vote’

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www.foxnews.com – – 2024-11-04 11:51:00

SUMMARY: David “Dave” Elliott, a local anchor for in for nearly 40 years, was fired after expressing political views on social . He revealed on Facebook that his termination was due to his political opinions, specifically mentioning a where he advised people not to vote out of hatred for Donald Trump. Elliott characterized his social media posts as satire, distinguishing them from his professional work. He noted that the discussion with his station’s general about his dismissal was brief, and the topic of social media was raised. WLOX’s management declined to comment on the matter.

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