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William Allen joins us today.

He is emeritus professor of political philosophy at Michigan State University.

Now he is a resident scholar at the Center for Urban Renewal and Education in Washington, D.C.

His many writings include Reththinking Uncle Tom, the political philosophy

of Harriet Beatrice Stowe, and George Washington, America's First Progressive. He has edited a new

collection of essays by several contributors entitled The State of Black America, our topic today.

Welcome, Professor Allen.

I'm delighted to be with you.

How are you today?

I'm getting along.

Getting along, you know, it's hot, but okay.

In his, you have a forward, a brief forward by Thomas Klingenstein, which speaks of, quote, changing the narrative, which is going to be, I presume, one of the major aims of this book.

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