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Jesse L. Martin
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Length
2 hours 25 minutes
Language
English
Bookseller recommendation
“A powerful selection of essays which capture the rage of Black America during the burgeoning civil rights movement, including an emotive letter to James Baldwin's nephew, and an essay on the harmful presence of Christianity in black communities and the Nation of Islam's proffered alternative.”
— Bret • Brick Lane Bookshop
Summary
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'We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation'
James Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising a nation and giving voice to the emerging civil rights movement. Told in the form of two intensely personal 'letters', The Fire Next Time is at once a powerful evocation of Baldwin's early life in Harlem and an excoriating condemnation of the terrible legacy of racial injustice.
'Jesse L Martin... highlights the rhythmic nature of Baldwin’s prose, and channels his anger and devastation at the unceasing suffering of Black Americans.' (The Guardian)
'A seminal meditation on race by one of our greatest writers.' (Barack Obama)
'Sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle...all presented in searing, brilliant prose.' (The New York Times Book Review)
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