1. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Baldwin writes that "One is responsible to life: it is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return" (Baldwin, 106). ... He is writing it on a particularly important day in racial history, the 100th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation in which US President Abraham Lincoln declared that black slaves were now legally free. ... " American Industry and agriculture was built on the backs of slaves who were stolen from their own country and treated as subpar human beings in the country they were forcibly placed into. ... Baldwin...
- Word Count: 1135
- Approx Pages: 5
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School