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James Baldwin's Fire

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English - September 17, 2020 04:01 - 45 minutes - 42 MB - ★★★★★ - 14.4K ratings
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In a moment when America is undertaking an uncomfortable reckoning with its racial inequality and violence, we wanted to look back at someone who concentrated on race in America his entire life. Considered to be one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, James Baldwin wrote incessantly about the societal issues that still exist today.

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