Eddie Glaude links US 250th anniversary to race and voting rights

Princeton historian Eddie Glaude Jr. is using the run-up to the United States' 250th anniversary to argue that the nation still has not reckoned with the gap between its founding ideals and its treatment of Black Americans. In his new book, "America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries," Glaude ties earlier national milestone celebrations to exclusions that persisted alongside rhetoric about freedom. He points to the Supreme Court's rollback of the Voting Rights Act and to redistricting battles he says threaten Black representation in Congress. In interviews with NPR and PBS NewsHour, Glaude said the 250th anniversary will force the country to tell a story about itself, and argued that America "has to grow up."