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| James Baldwin died (1/12/1987) |
| 03 Dec 24 08:32:12 |
From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz African-American writer and public voice, born 1924. Lived in France 1948-57 and 1970-87. Two quotes from "If Black English isn't a language, then tell me, what is?" (1979). Here it is: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/29/speci ls/baldwin-english.html?source=post_page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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