In 1963, a bombing took place at 16th Street Baptist Church, which Glaude believes led to Baldwin becoming disillusioned and his writing changing. He argues that Baldwin's focus later changed from "white America" to the "well-being and future of black people". Glaude outlines Baldwin's early literary works. He argues that a third opportunity is needed. The second was the civil rights movement. The first was the "second founding" of America after the American Civil War and Reconstruction era. Glaude says that Americans have had two failed opportunities to "begin again", a phrase taken from Baldwin's final novel Just Above My Head. The book spans genres including biography, memoir, history and literary analysis. Synopsis īegin Again covers much of the life and works of American writer James Baldwin. Princeton's Undergraduate Student Government distributed free digital copies to students who requested it as part of their Anti-Racism Book Initiative, along with Princeton academic Imani Perry's book Breathe: A Letter to My Sons. The book was published on June 30, 2020, by Crown Publishing Group. Īfter the book was written, the May 2020 murder of George Floyd led to a global protest movement on the subject of institutional racism and police violence. He eventually began teaching Baldwin at Princeton. He later returned to the works and studied them further. Glaude initially found his writings uncomfortable, particularly due to the reactions of his white classmates. Begin Again is largely about the American writer and activist James Baldwin, who Glaude first read in graduate school. The book follows his 2016 work Democracy in Black, about racism in contemporary America, in which Glaude argued that black people had largely suffered under the Obama administration. is the chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. The book entered The New York Times Best Seller list on July 19, 2020, and has received positive critical reception.Īuthor Eddie S. Glaude uses ideas from Baldwin to comment on contemporary racial topics such as the Black Lives Matter movement, which began in 2013. He analyzes Baldwin's activism and sexuality and his non-fiction writings, perceiving a shift in his later works. Covering the life and works of American writer and activist James Baldwin, and the theme of racial inequality in the United States, Glaude uses these topics to discuss what he views as historical failed opportunities for America to "begin again". Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own is a 2020 book by Eddie S.
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