American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

James Baldwin

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James Arthur Baldwin (né Jones; August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems. His 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain has been ranked among the best English-language novels. His 1955 essay...

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