James Baldwin Quote

Given the conditions in this country to be a black writer was impossible.... My father didn't think it was possible — he thought I'd get killed, get murdered. He said I was contesting the white man's definitions, which was quite right.


Paris Review (1984)


Given the conditions in this country to be a black writer was impossible.... My father didn't think it was possible — he thought I'd get killed,...

Given the conditions in this country to be a black writer was impossible.... My father didn't think it was possible — he thought I'd get killed,...

Given the conditions in this country to be a black writer was impossible.... My father didn't think it was possible — he thought I'd get killed,...

Given the conditions in this country to be a black writer was impossible.... My father didn't think it was possible — he thought I'd get killed,...