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A Commanding Voice from the Past Speaks with Brilliant Clarity to the Present | LinkedIn

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This French edition of "King, Malcolm, Baldwin: Three Interviews" by Dr. Kenneth B. Clark illustrates just influential Baldwin's writings became during the 1960s and 1970s . Editorial Note : The full post of this article by Aberjhani on LinkedIn and accessible via the link below incorporates a segment of the previously published essay The Year of James Baldwin Now in Full Classic Literary Swing Before there were human resource managers and action research teams counseling American corporations on the advantages of embracing diversity rather than vilifying it, there was author James Baldwin putting the theory to the test in acclaimed essays, novels, plays, short stories, poems, and dialogues. Social networkers in recent weeks have found occasion to quote those writings in regard to everything from a Palestinian state and gay marriage equality to Barack  Obama’s presidency and the American identity. It is true that he marched alongside ...