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James Baldwin in Action, 1965

7/22/2020

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Finally, I came across this item last week, and it’s worth sharing. The link below is to a one-hour televised debate from 1965 between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley, debating at Cambridge University the question:  “Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?”
 
The best 25 minutes are Baldwin’s, of course—which start at 14:00, and he’s just amazing—and then the last minute or two, when the votes are counted.  That said, Buckley is pretty fun to watch, too, chasing his tail, tying himself up in knots, and doing the weird thing with his eyebrows.

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFeoS41xe7w
 
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