From one of the most important American writers of the twentieth
century--an extraordinary history of the turbulent sixties and early
seventies that powerfully speaks to contemporary conversations around
racism.
**"It contains truth that cannot be denied." --**The Atlantic Monthly
In this stunningly personal document, James Baldwin remembers in vivid
details the Harlem childhood that shaped his early conciousness and the
later events that scored his heart with pain--the murders of Martin
Luther King and Malcolm X, his sojourns in Europe and in Hollywood, and
his retum to the American South to confront a violent America
face-to-face.