….In The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. ….So history is repeating itself, but as we know, understanding history may also be how we can “change the history of the world.” While there are new characters, the same tired, dreadful and horrific plot is performed. It seems racism has an enduring shelf life. ….Fifty-eight years later, in spite of the good work and hopes of many along the way, the “racial nightmare” has not ended. ….In his 1962 essay “Down at the Cross,” James Baldwin wrote quite hopefully “If we – and now I mean the relatively conscious whites and the relatively conscious blacks who must, like lovers, insist on, or create, the consciousness of the others – do not falter in our duty now, we may be able, handful that we are, to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country, and change the history of the world.” Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America (Princeton University Press) Nicholas Buccola, author of The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. The evening’s debate topic? “The American dream is at the expense of the American Negro.”īuccola discusses his book in a Jinterview with Jerry Jazz Musician editor/publisher Joe Maita Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America, author Nicholas Buccola tells the story of the historic 1965 Cambridge Union debate between Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and Buckley, a staunch opponent of the movement and founder in 1955 of National Review, the leading conservative publication. In The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F.
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