{"product_id":"we-are-the-leaders-we-have-been-looking-for-9780674737600","title":"We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking for","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eBegin Again, \u003c\/i\u003e a politically astute, lyrical meditation on how ordinary people can shake off their reliance on a small group of professional politicians and assume responsibility for what it takes to achieve a more just and perfect democracy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Like attending a jazz concert with all of one's favorite musicians...James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Ella Baker, Toni Morrison, and more...Glaude brilliantly takes us on an epic tour through their lives and work.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e―Henry Louis Gates, Jr., author of \u003ci\u003eThe Black Box: Writing the Race\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe are more than the circumstances of our lives, and what we do matters. In \u003ci\u003eWe Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For, \u003c\/i\u003e one of the nation's preeminent scholars and a New York Times bestselling author, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., makes the case that the hard work of becoming a better person should be a critical feature of Black politics. Through virtuoso interpretations of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and Ella Baker, Glaude shows how we have the power to be the heroes that our democracy so desperately requires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on the Du Bois Lectures delivered at Harvard University, the book begins with Glaude's unease with the Obama years. He felt then, and does even more urgently now, that the excitement around the Obama presidency constrained our politics as we turned to yet another prophet-like figure. He examines his personal history and the traditions that both shape and overwhelm his own voice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGlaude weaves anecdotes about his evolving views on Black politics together with the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Dewey, Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, and Ralph Ellison, encouraging us to reflect on the lessons of these great thinkers and address imaginatively the challenges of our day in voices uniquely our own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNarrated with passion and philosophical intensity, this book is a powerful reminder that if American democracy is to survive, we must step out from under the shadows of past giants to build a better society--one that derives its strength from the pew, not the pulpit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlaude, Eddie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in Black\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eBegin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Book Prize. He frequently appears in the media as an MSNBC contributor on programs like \u003ci\u003eMorning Joe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeadline: White House\u003c\/i\u003e. A native of Moss Point, Mississippi, Glaude is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568880128274,"sku":"9780674737600","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b522fa2-cbd8-4b9e-9993-792dcf8a1232.jpg?v=1769532238","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/we-are-the-leaders-we-have-been-looking-for-9780674737600","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}