Literary icon James Baldwin helped propel the civil rights movement with his powerful, lyrical writing. This semester's GIRI course, taught by @aehollowell, GIRI director and co-author of @prayingbaldwin, explores Baldwin's work and its themes of inequality #BlackHistoryMonth
The authors of "You Mean It Or You Don't: James Baldwin's Radical Challenge" are on the podcast this week! A great read for learning more about Baldwin, a beacon around activism for his time that is still relevant now. @prayingbaldwin
"Whenever I hear this little brother is going to speak in any town where I am, I always make a point of going to listen, because I learn something."
--Malcolm X, on James Baldwin, 1963
"I started reading ... and I felt reinvigorated in my dedication to continuing the work toward liberation."
You Mean It or You Don't: James Baldwin's Radical Challenge receives 4/5 stars from The Portland Book Review!
@PortlandBookRvw@broadleaf_books#JamesBaldwin
@ERBks "Readers will not only find themselves moved by the genius and humanity of Baldwin, but hopefully empowered to move toward a world that is bending ever more closely to justice." #YouMeanItorYouDont#JamesBaldwin
@ERBks "This book is about more than reading Baldwin, and writing with Baldwin. This book is about grappling with the challenge Baldwin presents to us and our contemporary society, and acting accordingly." #YouMeanItorYouDont#JamesBaldwin
Learning from @aehollowell, Xavier Adams and students on what James Baldwin’s vision for education means today.
“We have to be even more innovative in order to overcome the legacy we have inherited.” - Xavier Adams, NC BTOY, on our history of inequality in ed. #colorofeducation
Excited to welcome my friend and colleague @mauricewllc back to Durham on Oct. 20th to launch the 'Small Talk at Rofhiwa" series, a collaboration between @rofhiwabooks and @LeftOfBlack (with a nod to Gil Scott-Heron.)