The Fall 2026 Liz Carpenter Lecture features best-selling author, distinguished scholar, and public intellectual Eddie S. Glaude. He will discuss his most recent book, America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries, which analyzes the historical contexts of myriad milestone American anniversary celebrations to frame and illuminate our current historical moment at 250. A conversation with distinguished UT professor and founding director of the LBJ School's Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, Peniel Joseph, will follow the lecture.
