Category: james baldwin

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+ Aimé Césaire, colonialism, colonization, james baldwin, No Name in the Street, politics

The Decline of Empires in James Baldwin’s “No Name in the Street”

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While doing research on the massacre of around 200 Algerians in October 1961 and William Gardner Smith’s novel The Stone Face, which concludes with the massacre, I came across James Baldwin’s discussions, specifically in his 1972 book No Name in the Street, on his time in Paris and his interactions with Algerians in France’s capital. I didn’t bring a copy of Baldwin’s book with … Read More The Decline of Empires in James Baldwin’s “No Name in the Street”

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+ african american literature, american literature, Église St.-Germain-des-Prés, history, james baldwin, paris

Communing with James Baldwin in Paris

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I visited Paris for the first time back in the spring of 2019. During that trip, I only had, basically, a day and a half to wander around the city. I went to the Auguste Rodin museum, the Musée d’Orsay, and Cimetière du Montparnasse. As well, I walked to various sites where I knew that expatriate writers such as James Baldwin and Richard Wright … Read More Communing with James Baldwin in Paris

+ all the sinners bleed, frederick douglass, Hayley Williams, james baldwin, John Dominic Corssan, Marcus Borg, paul, s.a. cosby, south

I Don’t Hate the South: I Just Want a Better South

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During my undergraduate career, even though I was not what you would call an exemplary student, I sat amazed at professors, specifically English professors, who would rattle off titles, authors, and quotes at will, linking them together like a tapestry above my head. I never thought I would be able to do that, but as the years have progressed and I have spent, at … Read More I Don’t Hate the South: I Just Want a Better South

+ Aurélie Levy, Elizabeth Colomba, gary cooper, james baldwin, queenie: godmother of harlem, stephanie st. clair

“America happened!” The Impact of Media on Perceptions of Self

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Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Levy’s Queenie: Godmother of Harlem tells the story of Stephanie St. Clair, “a racketeer and a bootlegger” who became infamous in Harlem during the 1930s. Born and raised on a plantation in Martinique, a French colony, St. Clair left the island in 1912 for the United States, and she made a name for herself, rising above the poverty and racism and she … Read More “America happened!” The Impact of Media on Perceptions of Self

+ bloodline, ernest j gaines, history, james baldwin, lillian e smith, race, whiteness

“You, the white people, invented race”: Now Ask Yourself Why!

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When most people think about racism and oppression they think about the oppressed. They think about individuals who live under the heel of the oppressor. They think about the atrocities that the oppressor commits. They think about the acts of resistance against the oppressor. They do this and then they label it “the Negro problem” or “the Jewish question,” placing the onus of the … Read More “You, the white people, invented race”: Now Ask Yourself Why!

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