Category Archives: James Baldwin

DCCAH: Bayard Rustin and James Baldwin, Freedom Fighters and Friends

. James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin both had two strikes against them and really in Bayard’s case three. But I guess he didn’t strike out because the umpire felt charitable or what have you. But they were both Black and … Continue reading

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Revolutionary Workers Party: Malcolm X vs. James Baldwin

. Source:The New Democrat  I have a problem with Malcolm X having a problem with the civil rights sit-ins of, I believe, from 1963, and perhaps earlier than that. Because what these young Americans were doing was saying that they … Continue reading

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Reason Party: Oxford Union Debate: Is America The Land of The Free?

. Source:The Daily Post Back in the 1960s America was the land of the free the home of the brave. But for very few people with African-Americans being forced to essentially live in an authoritarian state. And live as servants … Continue reading

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Riverbends Channel: Video: NET Oxford Union Debate: Has The American Dream Been Achieved at the Expense of the American Negro

Source:The Daily Post You won’t find better debates than this one, with so many intelligent, thoughtful, respectful people, a debate with both James Baldwin and William Buckley. In this debate, they are addressing the biggest issue of the 1960s, perhaps … Continue reading

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TWR EFLECT: ‘Who is the Nigger? -James Baldwin (Clip)’

Source:TWR EFLECT– author James Baldwin I believe in 1965. “A clip from, “Take this Hammer”… KQED’s mobile film unit follows author and activist James Baldwin in the spring of 1963, as he’s driven around San Francisco to meet with members … Continue reading

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California Newsreel: James Baldwin- ‘The Price of The Ticket’

Source:California Newsreels– James Baldwin’s: The Price of The Ticket. Source:The Daily Post “James Baldwin (1924-1987) was at once a major twentieth century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, Black and … Continue reading

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Malcolm X Network: James Baldwin on Malcolm X

This post was originally posted at FRS Daily Post Plus James Baldwin was from the Martin L. King school of civil rights. That African-Americans needed to work with other Americans in order to get their freedom. Which is what separated … Continue reading

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RBG Street Scholar: James Baldwin & Dick Gregory- ‘Baldwin’s Nigger (1969)’

Source:RBG Street Scholar– about James Baldwin’s 1969 documentary. Source:The Daily Times “RBG-James Baldwin and Dick Gregory Baldwin’s Nigger (1969)” From RBG Street Scholar James Baldwin message seems to be about individual empowerment and individual freedom, that African-Americans should empower themselves and … Continue reading

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Malcolm X Debate With James Baldwin (September 5, 1963)

. Source:Real Life Journal This is the perfect debate to have because what is integration worth if it doesn’t come with freedom. You could have different races and ethnicities integrated in the same community, city, state or even country. But … Continue reading

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