#1649 Race in America and the Moral Clarity of James Baldwin

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Air Date 8/17/2024

James Baldwin's 100th birthday passed by recently and we're using the occasion to draw on his moral clarity and eloquence while we assess the state of race in America

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Celebrating James Baldwin's 100th Birthday - 1A - Air Date 7-30-24

KP 2: James Baldwin's Fire - Throughline - Air Date 9-17-20

KP 3: “Justice for My Brother”: Sister of Samuel Sharpe Speaks Out After Police Killing During RNC - Democracy Now! - Air Date 7-19-24

KP 4: Why JD Vance and the MAGA GOP Do Not Represent the True Idea of America & Our Core Values - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 8-2-24

KP 5: Truth, Privilege, and James Baldwin - Woke AF Daily - Air Date 10-3-23

KP 6: Celebrating James Baldwin's 100th Birthday Part 2 - 1A - Air Date 7-30-24

KP 7: US' Unconditional Support For Israel Making The World More Dangerous - The Majority Report - Air Date 8-2-24

KP 8: Raw video- Rep. Cori Bush concedes 1st Congressional District primary race to Wesley Bell - KSDK News - Air Date 8-7-24

(49:08) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the need for national self-reflection

DEEPER DIVES

(56:50) SECTION A - BALDWIN THE WRITER

A1: 100 Years of James Baldwin; Election Integrity and National Security; New York City Etiquette - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 8-3-24

A2: Celebrating James Baldwin's 100th Birthday Part 3 - 1A - Air Date 7-30-24

(1:08:50) SECTION B - RACE IN AMERICA

(1:35:59) SECTION C - THE WHITE LIE

(2:00:40) SECTION D - GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

SHOW IMAGE:

Description: Portrait of author and civil rights activist James Baldwin, an African American man, leaning against a tree with arms folded in a park and smiling, looking away from the camera.

Credit: “James Baldwin taken in Hyde Park London” by Allan Warren, Wikimedia Commons | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 | Changes: Cropped

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