The fire next time, James Baldwin
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The fire next time, James Baldwin
Language
eng
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no index present
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non fiction
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The fire next time
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26502674
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James Baldwin
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UG, Accelerated Reader AR, 4.0, 8.1, 71298.Reading Counts RC, 9-12, 10.0, 8.0, 14304.
Summary
At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document from the iconic author of If Beale Street Could Talk and Go Tell It on the Mountain. It consists of two "letters," written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racismContains a letter to Baldwin's nephew on the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Also describes his childhood, views on Black Muslims, and his visions
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