This previously in-person event will now be virtual
In order to reach as many people as possible with this important and necessary discussion, The Town Hall is excited to make the intimate conversation with Anita Hill and Eddie Glaude Jr. virtual so that people around the world can experience these two unique voices reflecting on the American Experience.
Refunds for in person tickets will be processed automatically.
Ticket includes livestream and 48 hours of on demand viewing
Ticket includes a copy of the book Believing with bookplate signed by Anita Hill
On September 28th, Anita Hill will take The Town Hall stage to present and reflect on her latest book Believing. Thirty years ago, Hill sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee during the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas and gave her landmark testimony on sexual harassment she endured working for him. In Believing, Hill offers new insights into her experience and chronicles the stories of others to reveal how gender-based violence has become a tenacious "feature of our social experience" in the United States. A legal scholar, educator, and advocate, Hill employs her singular analytical skill to create a manifesto and map forward for addressing the unrelenting history of sexual harassment and gender-based violence. She will be joined by scholar Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr., author of 2020’s Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own.
Anita Hill is University Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women’s and Gender Studies at Brandeis University. After the 1991 Senate confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, Hill became a leading figure in the fight for women’s rights and against gender-based violence. She has written for The New York Times and Newsweek, and is a sought-after speaker.
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University. He is the former president of the American Academy of Religion, the largest professional organization of scholars of religion in the world. Glaude is the author of several important books including Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, which has been described as “one of the most imaginative, daring books of the twenty-first century.” His most recent book, Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, was released on June 30, 2020. Imani Perry describes the book as “precisely the witness we need for our treacherous times. He is a columnist for Time Magazine and an MSNBC contributor on programs like Morning Joe, and Deadline Whitehouse with Nicolle Wallace. He also regularly appears on Meet the Press on Sundays.
He hails from Moss Point, Mississippi, a small town on the Gulf Coast, and is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
