Tag Archives: James Baldwin
Some Essential James Baldwin For Those Unable To See “I Am Not Your Negro” | Blog#42
Raul Peck’s deservedly acclaimed documentary, “I Am Not Your Negro” is in limited release Continue reading Some Essential James Baldwin For Those Unable To See “I Am Not Your Negro” | Blog#42
A Quote From James Baldwin’s The Cross of Redemption | Blog#42
A Quote From James Baldwin’s The Cross of Redemption Continue reading A Quote From James Baldwin’s The Cross of Redemption | Blog#42
James Baldwin: Interview at Florida Forum, WCKT, Miami June 28, 1963 | Blog#42
Transcript: James Baldwin Interview at Florida Forum, WCKT, Miami June 28, 1963 Continue reading James Baldwin: Interview at Florida Forum, WCKT, Miami June 28, 1963 | Blog#42
#Edited: Donald Trump’s xenophobia is the GOP’s | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Donald Trump’s bombast has been the obsessive interest of the press Continue reading #Edited: Donald Trump’s xenophobia is the GOP’s | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
The Fire This Time: Martin Luther King, the precariat, and the new civil rights movements on Blog#42
This weekend has been full of symbolism of the times we live in. Continue reading The Fire This Time: Martin Luther King, the precariat, and the new civil rights movements on Blog#42
Freaky Friday politics: gender and race expectations in the 2016 primary | #HillaryClinton & #BernieSanders on Blog#42
This cycle, the primaries for the next presidential election have few relevant candidates Continue reading Freaky Friday politics: gender and race expectations in the 2016 primary | #HillaryClinton & #BernieSanders on Blog#42
The goodness of the Black heart | #WhiteSupremacy and #Forgiveness on Blog#42
I’ve been following, with great interest, the debates that followed a grieving woman’s forgiveness Continue reading The goodness of the Black heart | #WhiteSupremacy and #Forgiveness on Blog#42
A riff on MLK’s “Three Evils of Society”-calling BlackLivesMatter, MoralMonday, and the relatively conscious rest of us
Martin Luther King gave “The Three Evils of Society” speech on August 31, 1967, at the first and only National Conference on New Politics in Chicago. Continue reading A riff on MLK’s “Three Evils of Society”-calling BlackLivesMatter, MoralMonday, and the relatively conscious rest of us
MLK died warning us about inequality back in the 60’s | Social #Activism on Blog#42
I came across an excellent mash-up of segments from Martin Luther King’s speeches on poverty and the end of an interview of James Baldwin in PBS’ “The Negro and The American Promise.” These two men expressed, in ten minutes and fifty three seconds, far more than Thomas Piketty did in a seven hundred-page book. Continue reading MLK died warning us about inequality back in the 60’s | Social #Activism on Blog#42