"The history of America is the history of the Negro in America. And it's not a pretty picture." These words were written by James Baldwin, the African-American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and fierce social critic. When the man of letters died in 1987, he had finished only 30 pages of what would have been his magnum opus, Remember This House, consisting of tales
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: 'I Am Not Your Negro' Review: James Baldwin Meets #BlackLivesMatter in Bold New Doc
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