Summary
James Baldwin was a good American, though not in the traditional sense. He wrote that he loved America but that it needed to change.
Best known for his brilliant condemnation of segregation and racism in the best-sellers "The Fire Next Time" and "Notes of a Native Son," Baldwin spent much of his life in self-exile in France. But if he had not cared deeply for this country, he would not have written so passionately about its ills.See the full content of this document
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'The Children Are Always Ours'
Baldwin might seem an unlikely source for passages that represent American values, but he mentioned them often, citing the conflict between those values and the treatment of black Ame...
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