The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America by Nicholas Buccola

The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America

Nicholas Buccola

504 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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How the legendary debate between a civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism illuminates America's racial divide On February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic ...

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informative 100%
reflective 63%
challenging 54%
emotional 27%
dark 18%
inspiring 18%
sad 9%
tense 9%

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fast 20%

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