Nichole Renée Phillips: "We The People" in Putting America First

RACE, RELIGION, AND THE MEASURE OF AMERICAN PROGRESS
Join the Clough Center for a virtual lecture and Q&A Session with Dr. Nichole Renée Phillips.
In a now classic and eponymous essay, W.E.B. Du Bois offers his interpretation of the meaning of progress. Yet, what he identifies as (American) progress is marked by paradox and irony. “We the People” is an enduring symbol for U.S. nationality and peoplehood. This lecture explores this constitutional and civic concept as metaphorical for American national identity and exceptionalism. It also questions it as a steadfast ideal for American progress especially from Du Boisian and contemporary black and white racialized perspectives on nationhood while considering its strength for redeeming a racially polarized America.
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