My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation

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  • James Baldwin
    In The Fire Next Time

    …the brief first essay, “My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation,” the author attacks the idea that Black people are inferior to white people and emphasizes the intrinsic dignity of Black Americans. In the second essay, “Down at the Cross: Letter…

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