James Baldwin

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Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

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From “As Much Truth As One Can Bear” essay for The New York Times published in 1962.

James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a profoundly influential American writer, civil rights activist, orator, and intellectual. He was a friend of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr. and wrote about their lives and deaths.

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09/30/2024

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