What the Black Intellectual Tradition Can Teach Us About Democracy
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New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and political scientist Melvin Rogers, author of The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought, explore the ways key African American intellectuals and artists—from David Walker, Frederick Douglass, and W.E.B. Du Bois to Billie Holiday and James Baldwin—reimagined U.S. democracy. Thomas Donnelly, chief content officer at the National Constitution Center, moderates.
Additional Resources
Melvin Rogers, The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought
Melvin Rogers, The Undiscovered Dewey: Religion, Morality, and the Ethos of Democracy
Kate Masur, Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction
Jamelle Bouie, “How Black Political Thought Shapes My Work”, New York Times
David Walker
David Walker, Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World (1829)
Jamelle Bouie, “Why I Keep Coming Back to Reconstruction”, New York Times
Martin Delany
Jamelle Bouie, “What Frederick Douglass Knew that Trump and DeSantis Don’t”, New York Times
Jamelle Bouie, “The Deadly History of ‘They’re Raping Our Women'”, Slate
W.E.B. Dubois, The Souls of Black Folk
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New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and political scientist Melvin Rogers, author of The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought, explore the ways key African American intellectuals and artists—from David Walker, Frederick Douglass, and W.E.B. Du Bois to Billie Holiday and James Baldwin—reimagined U.S. democracy. Thomas Donnelly, chief content officer at the National Constitution Center, moderates.
Additional Resources
Melvin Rogers, The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought
Melvin Rogers, The Undiscovered Dewey: Religion, Morality, and the Ethos of Democracy
Kate Masur, Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction
Jamelle Bouie, “How Black Political Thought Shapes My Work”, New York Times
David Walker
David Walker, Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World (1829)
Jamelle Bouie, “Why I Keep Coming Back to Reconstruction”, New York Times
Martin Delany
Jamelle Bouie, “What Frederick Douglass Knew that Trump and DeSantis Don’t”, New York Times
Jamelle Bouie, “The Deadly History of ‘They’re Raping Our Women'”, Slate
W.E.B. Dubois, The Souls of Black Folk
Stay Connected and Learn More
Continue the conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr.
Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.
Please subscribe to Live at the National Constitution Center and our companion podcast We the People on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.