Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin William F. Buckley Jr. and the Debate over Race in America

This provides a comprehensive account of the historic televised debate between James Baldwin, a prominent civil rights advocate, and William F. Buckley Jr., a conservative intellectual and critic of the movement. The debate, which centered around the idea that the American dream was at the expense of the American Negro, is considered the first book to fully explore the events leading up to it and how it continues to shape the racial divide in America today.

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