My brother tells me that didn't happen, but I remember it happening. I remember the Klan burning a cross at the fairground. For 52 years, my mother has been taking care of my sister, and the radio's always on, even though she can't hear or see or talk or walk. My mother had German measles when she was pregnant. The radio is on all the time, because my mother says she doesn't want the room to be silent. Every Saturday in my hometown, when I was growing up and to this day, it's All Blues Day on the radio. If I hear a song by Al Green or my favorite blues musician, Bobby "Blue" Bland, it takes me back to Moss Point. If I hear a blues track, it takes me back home.
These musings are drawn from an interview.
This fall he is teaching the undergraduate course "Introduction to the Study of African American Cultural Practices" and the graduate course "Religion and the Tradition of Social Theory." His latest book, "Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul," will be published by Crown Books on Jan. in religion from Princeton, a master's degree in African American studies from Temple University and a bachelor's degree in political science from Morehouse College. He was born in Moss Point, Mississippi, and grew up surrounded by his extended family, including great-grandparents on both sides, many of whom lived in nearby Pascagoula. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies and chair of the Department of African American Studies, has taught at Princeton since 2002.
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