James Baldwin, born on this day in 1924, wrote this in 1959:pic.twitter.com/wxaK25wCfc
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"Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which we began." - Baldwin, 1959
James Baldwin (also in 1959) had this to say, relatedly, about the American writer's role in this country — "no easy matter":pic.twitter.com/XKnDBOeuv3
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