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James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time, 1963
One of the most important books ever published on race relations, James Baldwin's two-essay work comprises a letter written to his nephew on the role of race in U.S. history and a discussion of how religion and race influence one another. Baldwin's angry prose is balanced by his overall belief that love and understanding can overcome strife. In the book, Baldwin predicted the political and social unrest that occurred after 1963. |