Rooted in Tradition, Ordered Toward Hope

What does classical education offer to a generation searching for meaning, belonging, and hope?

In this conversation, Corinne Jacobson sits down with Dr. Angel Adams Parham, professor of sociology, co-author of The Black Intellectual Tradition, and co-founder of classical schools, to explore how classical education gives students more than academic content. It offers them rootedness in a living tradition, a way of asking enduring questions, and models of courage from those who have suffered, endured, and handed something beautiful on to the next generation.

Parham shares her own journey into classical education through homeschooling, community life in New Orleans, sociology, and a growing encounter with the great books. Her story moves through questions of justice, inequality, inheritance, and the good society, showing how classical education can help students understand who they are, where they come from, and what kind of lives they are called to live.

We invite you to watch the full interview and consider how a rich tradition can steady the soul, awaken responsibility, and give young people courage to press on with hope.