Tag Archives: #Ferguson

Oklahoma, Damn!!????

Posted on March 9, 2015 by

If the word integration means anything, this is what it means: that we, with love, shall force our brothers to see themselves as they are, to cease fleeing from reality and begin to change it. James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time (1963) Right … Continue reading →

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#Ferguson : My Thoughts on an American Flashpoint

Posted on August 18, 2014 by

“…It was the corroboration of their worth and their power that they wanted, and not the corpse, still less the staining blood.”  James Baldwin, “To Be Baptized,” from No Name in the Street, 1972 I have been asked by many … Continue reading →

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