The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin · 1963
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"Basically the finest essay I've ever read. Baldwin refused to hold anyone's hand."
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"Baldwin's powerful exploration of race, religion, and American identity in the 1960s aligns with Ta-Nehisi Coates's own work examining the Black experience and systemic racism."
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