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Of many voices that disturbed the peace of America’s racial inequalities in the 1900s, James Baldwin’s remained the most assertive, compelling and timeless rendering.
To white supremacists, he had in it, an inescapable guilt passed on in the most direct and unnerving words, punching every institution, program and strategy designed to keep the black man in perpetual dumpster.
He would have been 97 today, but the light he beamed through his works immortalized him in our hearts such that when we read him, watch him, or even
think of what he represented, we feel him close.
Happy posthumous birthday, Baldwin.
Fun fact- my digital library is named Baldwin.😊
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