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James Baldwin on Racism and American Character - Dec. 10, 1986

By James Baldwin — 2020

Novelist James Baldwin in a Dec. 10, 1986 National Press Club talk. In this clip he argues that simplicity and immaturity are considered virtues in America.

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Civil Rights 1963 - James Baldwin and Marlon Brando

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James Baldwin
2014
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What James Baldwin’s Work Means for a Nation Having a Reckoning on Race | The 11Th Hour | MSNBC

Eddie Glaude, Jr. joins to discuss his new biography on the late, great American writer James Baldwin and the lessons his thoughts on race still hold for America in the age of Trump. Aired on 7/06/2020.

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James Baldwin
2020
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What ‘The Lie’ Meant to James Baldwin | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Professor and author Eddie Glaude Jr. returns to Morning Joe for more discussion of his new book ‘Begin Again,’ about the life and legacy of James Baldwin. Aired on 06/30/2020.

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James Baldwin
2020
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1984 James Baldwin Interview • Hampshire College Archives and Special Collections

James Baldwin was the Five College Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature from 1983 to 1986. He was based at Hampshire College during this time. In May of 1984, Baldwin took part in an episode of Five College Journal, a locally produced, on-campus news program at Hampshire.

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James Baldwin
2015
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James Baldwin: Interview (Florida Forum, Miami, 1963)

Author James Baldwin taped a candid and fascinating studio interview at WCKT-Miami in 1963. Featured in this edition of the long running program, “Florida Forum”: questions by an in-studio audience and a panel of local journalists.

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James Baldwin
2011
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James Baldwin on the Black Experience in America

From a 1960 Canadian television interview, broadcaster Nathan Cohen talks to author James Baldwin about race relations and the black experience in the United States.

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James Baldwin
2019
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Notes of a Native Son: The World According to James Baldwin - Christina Greer

James Baldwin was an American novelist and social critic whose essays in “Notes of a Native Son” explored race, sex and class distinctions. In the 1960s, the FBI amassed almost 2,000 documents in an investigation into one of America’s most celebrated minds.

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James Baldwin
2019
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James Baldwin Discusses Racism | The Dick Cavett Show

James Baldwin has an open discussion of racial prejudice, civil rights activism and policing.

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James Baldwin
2020
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James Baldwin - Pin Drop Speech

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James Baldwin
2017
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I Am Not Your Negro | James Baldwin on the Dick Cavett Show | Netflix

A segment from James Baldwin's brilliant response to a philosophy professor on a 1968 episode of The Dick Cavett Show from Raoul Peck's must-see documentary I Am Not Your Negro.

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James Baldwin
2020
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