Frederick Douglass Forum Lecture Series

Title

The Political Ideas of James Baldwin: Two Lectures

Streaming Media

Document Type

Video File

Duration

1 hour 20 minutes 10 seconds

Publication Date

5-8-2015

Disciplines

American Politics | Political History | United States History

Abstract

This panel presentation from the Symposium on James Baldwin, William F. Buckley, Jr., and the American Dream discusses the political ideas of James Baldwin. Dr. Barbara Seidman (professor of English at Linfield College) serves as chair for the panel. Dr. Lawrie Balfour (associate professor of political theory at the University of Virginia) presents 'Hideously Loaded': James Baldwin's History of the American Dream, while Dr. Susan McWilliams (associate professor of politics at Pomona College) presents On the Faiths of (and in) Our Fathers.

Comments

Sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Forum on Law, Rights, & Justice, the Linfield College Office of Academic Affairs, PLACE, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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