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- In 1961, author James Baldwin was asked by a radio host about being Black in America. He said: To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost, almost all of the time — and in one's work. And part of the rage is this: It isn't only what is happening to you.
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James Baldwin was one of America’s greatest thinkers and writers on the subject of race. What would he have thought about present-day protests against police brutality and for racial...
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- On being called a “ n****r” “Who is the n****r?” It’s a question Baldwin powerfully and succinctly answers in this interview from the 1963 documentary “Take This Hammer.”
- On how systemic racism works. In this clip from a 1968 episode of “The Dick Cavett Show,” Baldwin deftly explains the realities of racism in America: “I don’t know what most white people in this country feel, but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institutions.”
- On a black president. In a 1965 debate with William F. Buckley at Cambridge University, Baldwin shares his vision on the prospect of a black president as suggested by Robert Kennedy (40 years before the election of Barack Obama).
- On the “Negro Problem” Here, speaking to Dr. Kenneth Clark in 1963, Baldwin describes the experience of meeting a 16-year-old black boy who declared: “‘I’ve got no country.
Jun 25, 2020 · America’s betrayal of the civil rights movement gave way to urban explosions across the country, declarations of Black Power and interminable debates about the slogan’s meaning.
- Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Feb 2, 2021 · Here are some of Baldwin’s influential quotes on everything from life and love to racism and justice: On Black Americans: “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious...
- “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” - Baldwin speaking to LIFE magazine in 1963.
- “Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity.”
- “The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.” – The Fire Next Time.
- “Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.” – Nobody Knows My Name.
Jun 12, 2020 · As a gay Black man in America, from the 1950s to early '80s, Baldwin's masterful prose reflecting on race, homosexuality, social justice, and religion gave way to countless classic novels, essays, poems, and short stories.
Feb 3, 2017 · Editor's note: This piece includes quotes from James Baldwin in which he uses a racial slur. Fimmaker Raoul Peck's Oscar-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro features the work of the...
