The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two "letters," written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. Described by The New York Times Book Review as "sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle...all presented in searing, brilliant prose," The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of our literature.

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The 162nd greatest nonfiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 100 Life-Changing Books (National Book Award)
  2. - The New York Public Library's Books of the Century (New York Public Library)

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The Fire Next Time (Modern Library) Hardcover 1901547 $11.38 $1.34 1995
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