Two letters written on the centenary of emancipation proclamation provide a personal and historical lens to racial injustice
Searing prose examines the legacy of racism and calls for social change
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Classic of American literature and a foundational text in civil rights discourse
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A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement.
At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and pr
