It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story.

Quote by James Baldwin

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We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our...

We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our...

The paradox of education is precisely this; that as one begins to become conscious one...

The paradox of education is precisely this; that as one begins to become conscious one...

If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain...

If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain...

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in...

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in...

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important...

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important...

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced...

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced...

The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so...

The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so...

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other...

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other...

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it...

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it...

There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world, it is better...

There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world, it is better...

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person...

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person...

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that...

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that...

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which...

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which...

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power...

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power...

The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by...

The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by...

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.

You cannot fully understand your own life without knowing and thinking beyond your life, your...

You cannot fully understand your own life without knowing and thinking beyond your life, your...

Sometimes we must lose ourselves to find ourselves.

Sometimes we must lose ourselves to find ourselves.

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity and fear of others. Never decide to do nothing...

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity and fear of others. Never decide to do nothing...

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home...

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home...