James Baldwin: Cambridge Debate Speech

James Baldwin: Cambridge Debate Speech

Title: James Baldwin: Cambridge Debate Speech
Author: Rebecca Sjonger
Release: 2019-01-31
Kind: ebook
Genre: Biographies for Kids, Books, Kids, General Nonfiction for Kids
Size: 14068477
James Baldwin was an author, social critic, and activist known for his deep understanding of race and class in the United States. This book introduces readers to his speech from a 1965 debate at Cambridge University in which he argues for racial equality in the civil rights era. The social and political circumstances of the era are discussed as well as Baldwin's persuasive argument that, despite contributing to the making of the United States, African Americans are not allowed to fully participate in the American Dream.

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