Book : The Fire Is Upon Us James Baldwin, William F. Buckley

-Titulo Original : The Fire Is Upon Us James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., And The Debate Over Race In America

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Princeton University Press

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Review A gripping snapshot of a country riven by injustice yet anxious about radical change. New York Times Book ReviewA great read. Whoopi Goldberg, The View“Wonderfully accessible.” Gabrielle Bellot, The Atlantic“Rigorous and even-handed. . . . The contemporary reader is likely to experience surprise at some of Buckley’s opinions, and to delight at reminders of Baldwin in his heyday.” James Campbell, Wall Street JournalAmbitious and interesting . . . a genealogy of how white supremacy and attempts to slay it have stayed at the center of American politics for more than half a century, up to and including our Trumpian present. Bill V. Mullen, Los Angeles Review of Books How the legendary debate between a civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism illuminates Americas racial divideOn February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr., a fierce critic of the movement and Americas most influential conservative intellectual. The topic was the American dream is at the expense of the American Negro, and no one who has seen the debate can soon forget it. Nicholas Buccolas The Fire Is upon Us is the first book to tell the full story of the event, the radically different paths that led Baldwin and Buckley to it, and how the debate and the decades-long clash between the men illuminates the racial divide that continues to haunt America today. Review Winner of the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction, Oregon Book AwardsShortlisted for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa SocietyShortlisted for the MAAH Stone Book Award, Museum of African American HistoryOne of Whoopi Goldbergs Favorite Things, ABC The ViewNew York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceChicago Tribune writer John Warners Book That Will Help You Better Understand the Messed-Up Nature of the WorldOne of The Undefeateds 25 Cant Miss Books of 2019One of The Progressives Favorite Books of 2019One of LitHubs 50 Favorite Books of the YearOne of Inside Higher Eds Books to Give the Educator in Your Life for the Holidays About the Author Nicholas Buccola is the author of The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, and many other publications. He is the Elizabeth and Morris Glicksman Chair in Political Science at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. Twitter @buccola_nick