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If They’d Told Me We Were Poor, I Would’ve Been Like James Baldwin and Worked a “Black Job”

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If They’d Told Me We Were Poor, I Would’ve Been Like James Baldwin and Worked a “Black Job” Like the rest of the deathcore band of Americans who live with perpetual nimbus clouds of trepidation over their hanging heads, I watched CNN’s presidential debate. I was hoping (which is a rare thing for me) that there might be a thin wisp of a silver lining tucked somewhere in the thick, dark gray. There was none, only a thunderclap followed b…

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In new book, James Baldwin emerges as a prophet for our time

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In new book, James Baldwin emerges as a prophet for our time (RNS) — Greg Garrett, a professor at Baylor University, wants to introduce a new generation of readers to the writer of short stories, novels and plays who believed America can do better. The post In new book, James Baldwin emerges as a prophet for our time appeared first on Religion News Service.

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