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#1Baldwin's life was devoted to exposing the American nation's moral failure and the power of love to revive it. He was not a conceited man, but he saw himself as a kind of savior.
#2 James's stepfather, the Reverend David Baldwin, was a perfect example of a subservient wage earner. He was a preacher who had been prevented from providing his family with what they needed...
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Book Preview: #1 I write to you as a brother and a father. I have carried your father in my arms and on my shoulders, kissed and spanked him, and watched him learn to walk. I do not know if you have known anyone from that far back, but if you have loved anyone that long, you gain a strange perspective on time and human pain.
#2 You were born in America, to parents who were not bitter....
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#1 I have never seen two babies who looked or sounded remotely alike. They were each an extraordinary event, and I have never seen two newborns who were so different from each other.
#2 The youngest son of the New Orleans branch of the family - family here is used loosely and has to be. We knew almost nothing about this branch, which knew nothing about us. Daddy, the...
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#1 I first met Gloria Karefa-Smart, James Baldwin's sister, ten years ago when she opened her door to me in a gentrified old black neighborhood of Washington, D. C. She had seen my films and knew of my work. She was a soul mate and an ally with whom the conversation quickly became real, direct, and sincere.