A review by bootman
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

5.0

I'm ashamed to say that I didn't know much about James Baldwin for a long time, and that's exactly why I got this book from Eddie Glaude Jr. Once I learned who Baldwin was, I was intrigued to learn more about him because he wasn't only an activist, but he was also a sort of philosopher. In this book from Glaude, it's part biography of James Baldwin while also applying Baldwin's lessons to the current stay of racial injustice in America. You see how far we've come but more importantly, you learn how much farther we still have to go. I'm extremely happy that I took the time to read this book and now understand why there was so much hype around it on launch.