Top Tweets for #NotesofaNativeSon
On what would have been his centennial birthday, we celebrate writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 β December 1, 1987). ππ
#JamesBaldwin #GoTellItOnTheMountain #NotesOfANativeSon #JamesBaldwin100
βYou think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.β
James Baldwin, civil rights activist and writer of #IfBealeStreetCouldTalk and #NotesOfANativeSon, was born on this day in 1924
#Baldwin100
Started Baldwinβs Notes of a Native Son with the Juniors today. Really excited! That line tattooed on my arm along with my cardiomyopathic EKG reading is from the concluding paragraph in the title essay. #baldwin #jamesbaldwin #ibenglish #notesofanativeson
American writer #JamesBaldwin died from cancer #onthisday in 1987. #novelist #author #gay #homosexual #LGBT #GoTellItontheMountain #NotesofaNativeSon #trivia
@nextlevelbb "I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetuallyβ #NotesOfANativeSon
So grateful to a friend who gifted me a copy of #NotesofaNativeSon by #JamesBaldwin. Wow. What a brilliant collection of essays on #race in America. He was way before his time: https://t.co/Sy07RxY5aP #Modernclassics #Racerelations
... it is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.
#Baldwin #NotesOfANativeSon
Decades later and this quote from James Baldwin's #NotesOfANativeSon remains true.
Click to read more about @PublicHealth's statement on law enforcement violence as a #publichealth issue.
https://t.co/XPcaTYs0UR
Pretty much everything by Baldwin feels like essential reading.
#amreading #whileshesleeps #brilliant #booksofinstagram #jamesbaldwin #book #essential #booktwt #WritingCommunity #notesofanativeson https://t.co/OLQBSS1Ud2
This day in #LGBTQ+ #history activist & writer James Baldwin was born in 1924.
As an essayist, novelist & playwright, he is celebrated for his pioneering works, which told the struggles of a generation fighting for (and against) equality.
#jamesbaldwin #writer #notesofanativeson
βWe made the world weβre living in and we have to make it over.β
- James Baldwin
_
PHOTO of #JamesBaldwin by Mottke Weissman
#JamesBaldwin #NotesOfANativeSon
#OTD #OnThisDate
confession: best night out during last week in nyc consisted of burrata with some teammates @polygonstudios, then swiftly through the drizzle to a bubble bath, a James Baldwin essay & wine. #notesofanativeson
If you are new to the life & work of #JamesBaldwin (or would like a recap) this five minute video is a great resource. Iβd love to one day speak to someone who has met him.
https://t.co/sgD1tyOT91
#notesofanativeson #gotellitonthemountain
My #SundaySentence is from #NotesOfANativeSon by #JamesBaldwin "People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them."
How much of an introvert am I?
I take a book along to dine alone in a restaurant π€·π»ββοΈ
Thereβs no feeling quite like chips & salsa while following the life of James Baldwin. #NotesofaNativeSon #introvertparty
" yet it must be said that there was something else in him, buried in him, which lent him his tremendous power and, even, a rather question charm" (page 87)
#HongLit #Eng170 #NotesOfANativeSon
"... my life, my real life, was in danger, and not from anything other people might do but from the hatred I carried in my own heart." (page 98)
#HongLit #NotesOfaNativeSon #Eng170 #Love #Hate
Last Seen Hashtags on Sotwe
MyLittlePonny
Seen from Vietnam
kartalgay
Seen from Turkey
η¦ε©ε§¬
Seen from Australia
siblingincest
Seen from Singapore
ΰΈ«ΰΈ₯ΰΈΈΰΈΰΈΰΈ²ΰΈ
Seen from Thailand
Ω
ΨΨ§Ψ±Ω
_ΩΩΩ
Seen from Germany
γγ₯γΌγγ€γ·γ§γ³
Seen from Japan
ηζ²Ήη
倧θ¦
Seen from Indonesia
Ψ¨ΫΨΊΫΨ±Ψͺ
Seen from United Kingdom
ΩΨ¨ΩΨ²_Ψ§ΩΨ±ΩΨ§ΨΆ
Seen from Italy
Most Popular Users
Elon Musk 
@elonmusk
240.9M followers
Barack Obama
@barackobama
119.2M followers
Donald J. Trump
@realdonaldtrump
111.8M followers
Cristiano Ronaldo
@cristiano
111.5M followers
Narendra Modi
@narendramodi
107.1M followers
Rihanna
@rihanna
97.9M followers
NASA
@nasa
92.2M followers
Justin Bieber
@justinbieber
91.1M followers
KATY PERRY
@katyperry
88.2M followers
Taylor Swift
@taylorswift13
82M followers
Lady Gaga
@ladygaga
73.5M followers
Virat Kohli
@imvkohli
70.7M followers
Kim Kardashian
@kimkardashian
70M followers
YouTube
@youtube
68.7M followers
Bill Gates
@billgates
64.2M followers
Neymar Jr
@neymarjr
63.5M followers
The Ellen Show
@theellenshow
62.4M followers
CNN
@cnn
61.9M followers
Selena Gomez
@selenagomez
61.2M followers
X
@x
60.8M followers