Up Next - A Podcast Up FrontThroughline: James Baldwin’s Shadow (Released: April 29 2021)
NPR’s Throughline is a weekly show all about history that’s missing from
conversations around current events and our headlines, hosted by Rund
Abdelfatah & Ramtin Arablouei. For this episode, Throughline spotlights a
very important and relevant person in America’s history today: James
Baldwin. James Baldwin believed that America has been lying to itself
since its founding. He wrote, spoke, and thought incessantly about the
societal issues that still exist today. As the United States continues to
reckon with its history of systemic racism and police brutality, the
Throughline team and Eddie S. Glaude Jr. guides us through the meaning
and purpose of James Baldwin's work and how his words can help us
navigate the current moment.
conversations around current events and our headlines, hosted by Rund
Abdelfatah & Ramtin Arablouei. For this episode, Throughline spotlights a
very important and relevant person in America’s history today: James
Baldwin. James Baldwin believed that America has been lying to itself
since its founding. He wrote, spoke, and thought incessantly about the
societal issues that still exist today. As the United States continues to
reckon with its history of systemic racism and police brutality, the
Throughline team and Eddie S. Glaude Jr. guides us through the meaning
and purpose of James Baldwin's work and how his words can help us
navigate the current moment.
