The making of an American begins at the point …– James Baldwin
The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of
The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other history, and himself adopts the vesture of
It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in
To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.
The writer’s greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same time, he needs
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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