James Baldwin, On His 96th Brithday (And: Voter Info-IA, KS)
James Baldwin would turn 96 years old today. Omar Moore looks at Baldwin the philosopher, activist, writer, thinker, scholar, intellectual and anti-racist educator through Baldwin’s 1965 debate with William Buckley at Cambridge University in England, and Baldwin’s appearances on Dick Cavett (in 1969) and Florida Forum (1963). NOTE: Omar will host a Zoom discussion on James Baldwin and the Baldwin documentary I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO this Friday Aug. 7 at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern as part of the Mechanics Institute’s CinemaLit series Black Lives On Film. Please sign up for free NOW at…
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