
1073 || James Baldwin
https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/introduction-james-baldwin
The human responsible for this quote: “It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.”
― James Baldwin
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
—James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (1924 – 1987) was born in Harlem, New York on August 2, 1924 to Emma Berdis Jones, originally from Deal Island, Maryland. Love is at the heart of the Baldwin philosophy. Love for Baldwin cannot be safe; it involves the…
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