--- title: Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | TIME description: Glaude's new book is We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University, and also the author of Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul and the New York Times bestselling Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own canonical: https://time.com/author/eddie-s-glaude-jr/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/eddie-s-glaude-jr/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Eddie S. Glaude Jr.  ## Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Glaude's new book is [We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674737600). He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University, and also the author of _Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul_ and the New York Times bestselling [Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780525575320)  ## Eddie S. Glaude Jr. *  Apr 27, 2024 ### [The Only Answer to the Country's Troubles](https://time.com/6971459/eddie-glaude-america-history-racism/) Eddie Glaude Jr. reflects on the central tension in American life today. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 15, 2024 ### [The Fantasy of a Lily-White America](https://time.com/6966768/fantasy-white-america-eddie-glaude/) Too many Americans continue to find comfort and safety in the idea that this country belongs only to... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 13, 2023 ### [DEI Is Not the Monster Here](https://time.com/6458406/dei-campus-speech/) "It requires a tricky magic to transform DEI into the latest bogeyman and the reason for the rise of... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 21, 2021 ### [Derek Chauvin Verdict Haunted By Those Who Never Got Justice](https://time.com/5956839/derek-chauvin-justice-police-violence/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 11, 2021 ### [The U.S. Capitol Attacks Show That Our Focus Must Be On Eradicating White Supremacism](https://time.com/5928566/u-s-capitol-attacks-eradicating-white-supremacism/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 7, 2020 ### [Biden Must Help Us Understand Our Collective Loss](https://time.com/5908829/biden-election-understand-collective-loss/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 25, 2020 ### [James Baldwin Insisted We Tell the Truth About This Country. The Truth Is, We've Been Here Before](https://time.com/5859214/james-baldwin-racism/) Police violence against Black people in this country is as American as bald cypress trees and Southe... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 29, 2020 ### [We Cannot Wait for America to End Racism](https://time.com/5844645/george-floyds-shows-we-cannot-wait-end-racism/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 1, 2018 ### [Politicians Can't Stop Hate — We Must Change America Ourselves](https://time.com/5441480/glaude-beyond-hate/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 6, 2018 ### [Don’t Let the Loud Bigots Distract You. America’s Real Problem With Race Cuts Far Deeper](https://time.com/5388356/our-racist-soul/) This hateful moment offers an opportunity for Americans to finally change our racist ways [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 15, 2018 ### [Jordan Peele on _Get Out_, His Fears and Cultural Hope](https://time.com/5159850/jordan-peele-get-out-fears-and-cultural-hope/) Director Jordan Peele, whose groundbreaking movie Get Out is nominated for four Oscars, spoke to TIM... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 31, 2018 ### [Trump’s State of the Union Told a Great American Lie](https://time.com/5127598/trumps-state-of-the-union-told-a-great-american-lie/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 13, 2017 ### [Black Voters Just Sent a Strong Message to Democrats By Electing Doug Jones](https://time.com/5063397/black-voters-doug-jones/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 9, 2017 ### [Rev. Barber to Eddie Glaude: 'America Never Completed Reconstruction'](https://time.com/5017348/barber-reconstruction-trump/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 1, 2017 ### [A Mississippi Native Son’s Notes on Civil War History](https://time.com/5005821/civil-war-history-john-kelly/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/eddie-s-glaude-jr/","name":"Eddie S. 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