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James Baldwin

“Elijah Muhammad himself has now been carrrying the same message for more than thirty years; he is not an overnight sensation, and we owe his ministry, I am told, to the fact that when he was a child of six or so, his father was lynched before his eyes. (So much for states' rights.)”

James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
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The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
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