Eddie S. Glaude
Princeton professor and author
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is a Princeton University professor who teaches African American studies and religion. He is the author of Begin Again and Democracy in Black.
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American Born 1968 in Moss Point, United States
About Eddie S. Glaude
Eddie Steven Glaude Jr. was born in 1968 and is an American academic and author. He holds the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professorship at Princeton, and his teaching sits within both African American studies and religion. In 2015 Princeton's Center for African American Studies was turned into a full department, and he served as its inaugural chair until 2023. His own studies include a PhD in religion from Princeton and a master's in African American studies at Temple University. Among his books are Exodus!: Religion, Race, and Nation in Early Nineteenth-Century Black America (2000) and Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul (2016). He has also contributed essays to Time, The Huffington Post, and The New York Times.