"There may not be as much humanity in the world as one would like to see, but there is some. There's more than one would think." Happy 101st birthday to #JamesBaldwin! #OnThisDay #BlackHistory #humanity
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aug 2, 2025, 11:24 pm • 1 0 • view
Love James Baldwin - such a great voice - literally and figuratively - and such a great message.
aug 2, 2025, 10:06 pm • 2 0 • view
James Baldwin was a great, great man. A hero of mine.
aug 2, 2025, 6:08 pm • 14 0 • view
Baldwin = Brilliant
aug 2, 2025, 5:44 pm • 2 0 • view
Hero of mine. His work has him live forever.
aug 3, 2025, 1:18 am • 2 0 • view
Happy birthday 🎊
aug 2, 2025, 11:49 pm • 1 0 • view
aug 2, 2025, 5:07 pm • 1 0 • view
Incredible James Baldwin.
aug 3, 2025, 12:15 am • 1 0 • view
Wonderful man and writer
aug 2, 2025, 7:50 pm • 2 0 • view
James Baldwin - always so relevant.
aug 2, 2025, 4:59 pm • 18 1 • view
thank you for sharing this, I never heard this clip and I'm moved beyond what I can handle right now. thank you
aug 2, 2025, 5:15 pm • 17 0 • view
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hate so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” ― James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son Baldwin is one of my favorites.
aug 2, 2025, 5:04 pm • 70 14 • view
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aug 2, 2025, 6:37 pm • 7 1 • view
The Fire has arrived
aug 2, 2025, 7:29 pm • 1 0 • view
Thank you for sharing this...
aug 2, 2025, 10:58 pm • 1 0 • view
When I near despair, I turn to Baldwin and read.
aug 2, 2025, 9:49 pm • 3 0 • view
Such brilliance
aug 3, 2025, 1:07 am • 2 0 • view
❤️
aug 3, 2025, 2:13 pm • 1 0 • view
I pray that there's enough humanity in the World.
aug 3, 2025, 8:42 am • 1 0 • view
Such a beautiful soul
aug 2, 2025, 8:51 pm • 2 0 • view
We outnumber those who wish to eliminate us. We have to continue to rise up and get in Good Trouble.
aug 3, 2025, 12:20 am • 3 0 • view
I am ashamed to say I’ve never read any of his work. It looks as though I will now.
aug 2, 2025, 10:45 pm • 1 0 • view
Beautiful
aug 2, 2025, 11:35 pm • 1 0 • view
Such a brilliant, insightful, searingly honest mind. Happy Birthday to Mr. Baldwin. And greatest thanks to all African American authors 🙏 May we all take better heed of your works.
aug 2, 2025, 10:14 pm • 1 0 • view
~ I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hate so stubbornly is because They sense… once hate is gone, They will be forced to deal with pain… ~ James Baldwin, ‘ Notes of a Native Son ‘
aug 2, 2025, 7:17 pm • 9 0 • view
What a giant.
aug 2, 2025, 6:31 pm • 2 0 • view
A great man, who had to flee the country to be safe and explore his full potential.
aug 3, 2025, 9:51 am • 1 0 • view
Baldwin is an absolutely unshakable force. Sonny's Blues is my favorite.
aug 2, 2025, 8:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Thank you
aug 2, 2025, 5:58 pm • 2 0 • view
Pin 📌
aug 2, 2025, 5:58 pm • 1 0 • view
There’s a lot less than there used to be.
aug 3, 2025, 11:19 am • 0 0 • view
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” -James Baldwin. Today’s divisions demand we confront uncomfortable truths ; only then can real progress begin amid the chaos and denial in American politics.
aug 2, 2025, 11:26 pm • 3 0 • view
He was hands down brilliant. Breath-taking intelligence
aug 3, 2025, 3:00 am • 2 0 • view
Wow. We needed this right now.
aug 2, 2025, 6:48 pm • 2 0 • view
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aug 2, 2025, 6:51 pm • 0 0 • view
God. He was so brilliant.
aug 3, 2025, 6:33 am • 1 0 • view
Thank you for sharing this video clip! 🙏📌
aug 2, 2025, 7:00 pm • 2 0 • view
The words I really needed to hear today -thank you!
aug 2, 2025, 7:10 pm • 3 0 • view
There is still decency amongst the American people. Just not in Congress or among billionaires or MAGA.
aug 2, 2025, 7:09 pm • 13 1 • view
There are decent members of Congress. Crockett, Raskin, and AOC immediately come to mind.
aug 3, 2025, 12:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes and a few more. But what about the other 500 members of the House and Senate who are either actively hurting the American people or sitting by silently letting them?
aug 3, 2025, 1:17 pm • 1 0 • view
They need the boot.
aug 3, 2025, 2:09 pm • 2 0 • view
Exactly.
aug 3, 2025, 2:12 pm • 1 0 • view
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aug 3, 2025, 9:50 pm • 1 0 • view
A truly great man
aug 2, 2025, 6:23 pm • 3 0 • view
“You must decide in yourself not to be.” Merikkka’ failing at that…exceptionally
aug 2, 2025, 5:22 pm • 10 1 • view
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aug 3, 2025, 1:25 am • 1 0 • view
I wish he had lived to 101.
aug 2, 2025, 7:39 pm • 16 2 • view
he has so much clarity♥️
aug 2, 2025, 10:14 pm • 1 0 • view
On point, meaningful and relevant to today as his thoughts were then.
aug 2, 2025, 7:34 pm • 3 0 • view
Genius.
aug 3, 2025, 12:22 am • 1 0 • view
A giant !
aug 3, 2025, 7:20 am • 1 0 • view