James Baldwin at 100
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- A century after his birth in Harlem, the writer and activist James Baldwin is being celebrated for his visionary work, and for the many facets of his personality - Black, gay, playwright, essayist, New Yorker, expatriate - that transformed him into an iconic figure in the civil rights movement, even beyond his death in 1987 at age 63. "Sunday Morning" contributor Kelefa Sanneh looks back at the author of such noted works as "Notes of a Native Son," "The Fire Next Time," and "Giovanni's Room."
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"I love American more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."
~ James Baldwin
"America"
Exactly.
Indeed
free speech absolutely
Not everything that is faced can be changed. *But nothing can be changed until it is faced.* ~ James A. Baldwin
I just read this quote earlier today ! I love it so much
“We can disagree and still love each other, unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and the denial of my humanity and right to exist.”
~ James Baldwin.
I bought the collection of his writings last year. In my 70s, I just want to see how much I can absorb and understand from such a genius. If it is 1% then it is 100% of what I didn’t know yesterday!
One of my favorite authors and my favorite Americans ever.
People can cry much easier than they can change. It is so true! An incredible mind.
When James Baldwin speaks, I listen. That simple.
Seriously ❤
Worthy of the honors bestowed. He was a great man of the people. Black people. American people. Humanity.
Great to see the legend being honored.
I love James Baldwin, and his work shaped much of my thinking. He writes with such depth about the human condition, his work helped me to understand others better with empathy. He was a Renaissance man. Thank you. How wonderful to see him getting the chance to be re-introduced to the younger generation. 😊
I just watched Baldwin's whole debate about the American Dream. His striking arguments were far ahead of his time. His eloquence in the art of speech was nearly unmatched, barring MLK. Happy Birthday Mr. Baldwin.
Why would Baldwin move to Europe instead of Africa if he was trying to escape racism? France has a history of colonizing and enslaving as well.
@nghtwtchmn129 Obviously, he was content enough to call it home.
@@0413deborah But wouldn't he have been better off in Africa?
@nghtwtchmn129 Why don't you read his books and listen to his interviews, as Baldwin himself answered that question numerous times.
@@ThePage12589 Very good. Now you can answer my question.
Brilliant soul reads constantly and writes well. As an Asian and Indian I can understand how he can be unapologetic and salute his memory and him.
God I love him … his collection of short stories Nobody Knows My Name .. “ Sonny’s Blues” is a favorite…
I discovered Baldwin in middle school … used to run to a locally owned bookstore in Slidell, LA and flip the book to the back to see if the author looked ( picture) like me and I’d buy the book! Then zip back to my school and hope I didn’t miss the bus !
This was a very wonderful piece on the Amazing Baldwin.
What a legend.
I love his writing
So relevant
No to be too dramatic but Baldwin's writing saved me when I was a young writer. I discovered him at age 11 and I've been re-reading ever since. My favorite is Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone. What's yours?
So, so ahead of his time. I wish he were still around so that we could hear his commentary on life in America today.
Yes! And George Carlin!
@@cheeks2696 I so agree with you.
Brilliant man who saw the inherent hypocrisy of the U.S.A of his era. He lived through a time of turbulence, searching & groping for comprehension of, and a way out, of the black predicament, as well as a way forward. A man of great rationality, he possessed also a wry sense of humor, which I'm sure he recognized as a necessary quality, both for his own peace & sanity, and when presenting himself before the public. HIs intellectualism was obvious but he wasn't a firebrand in the standard 60's sense. There was enough hatred & turmoil in that troubled era to go around. His was a voice of, not appeasement or surrender, but of facing calmly the brutal social-realities confronting his people, never losing faith in the ultimate good of his native-born land. Mr. Baldwin was a great voice & a great American. I'm glad he's being remembered & celebrated in our own equally troubling time.
My favorite book is Baldwin’s “The Fire Next Time.” It helped me understand racism better when I read it in college.
The voice of the native son is my favorite.
"The questions which one asks oneself begin, at last, to illuminate the world, and become one's key 🔑 to the experience of others."
~ James Baldwin
I love this piece. I want to read James Baldwin's 42 books and essays now.
I need to read Baldwin, finally...
James Baldwin...A legend!! "No Name In The Street" and "The Fire Next Time" my favorites. I still read today!
Baldwin was a revolutionary and a patriot. He was fearless and committed to the truth.
James Baldwin IS AN AMERICAN HERO!
Very impressive ❤
This is crazy!
I just gave a reading assignment to my freshman students on James Baldwin.
These are students from another side of the black diaspora - Sierra Leone, in West Africa.
I would to here what they think of Giovanni’s Room.
Respect!
"The Fire Next Time" How relevant is that right now!
Love him! Along Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison.
*AN AMAZING WRITER/AUTHOR/CIVIL RIGHTS ICON/GOOD HUMAN!. **#BLESSINGS*
Really?
“The Cambridge debating society in London.”
Is there no editor around?
Precision; clarity and heartfelt honesty still make Jimmy’s words soar.
What makes his genius singulary classic, though is his ability to show how suffering can be transformed into love -even when it’s terrifying and painful.
“And if you lie about love, you’ll lie about anything.”
My Literary Hero. My Literal Hero.
Thank you James Baldwin.
I have always admired and respected James Baldwin. His readings should be required by all.
A true Icon!
A brilliant black man.
I would've loved to have sat with him, sipped drinks, and have lengthy conversations about any and everything. He was such a brilliant human.
That was.
Absolutely, a brilliant piece. I'm just not sure if we have writers on his level today.
James Baldwin is my hero.
In so many ways Baldwin was a man outside his time (ahead of it actually) who observed what this country was (and wasn't -- its false promises). He had the gift to write and speak about it with an eloquence and acuity that shakes the foundations of tired presuppositions. All is (still) not right with America.
the Baldwin - Buckley debate is a classic of rhetoric that still has relevance to our current time. Its on youtube watch the whole thing; you'll be better informed about our nation.
Exactly
James Baldwin is one of the greatest writers of all time, hands down.
THANK YOU merci merci, for his Portrait of JAMES BALDWIN at 100 ~ Fabulous! Honest! Integrationist is a great reference .
M Sophia Santiago, Spain 2024 .
GENIUS👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽
I like the way they cut off Mr. Baldwin speech at the 58 second mark when he was about to explain people classified as black are aboriginal to this land. Great editing CBS!
To know that this man was so intelligent at seeing America for what it always was. Ken Burns understood this immediately. Why do you think he had Mr. Baldwin comment about the fallacy of liberty in his acclaimed special STATUE OF LIBERTY?❤
What a courageous and inspiring human being, Baldwin was?🎉👏👍
He and Miles Davis will always have Paris in common.
Baldwin was one of the greatest people of the 20th Century ❤
great interview
Yessss 💚
LEGEND
Oh how I love this man, how I love his words and the clarity he seems to have had very early on. What a blessing to all of us.
He is one of my heroes. I hope I make him proud
Hero Who told the Truth I always Acknowledge his Birthday August 2nd🕯️🖤🌟
Great American.
James Baldwin was brilliant.
James!!
👏 👏
I say this about many activists, at the time of his death, he wasn’t done with his work but considering the types of work, it shouldn’t take one’s life time to solve the issues he witnessed the world face. He would have been 100 & we still haven’t extinguished those issues. What I don’t say about a lot of people is that James is one of my favorite people God ever made.
Amazing human being .
Great man ❤❤❤
#StraightFacts There's always that one Church member that has a pew in memory of a loved one and nobody can sit there but them. 😆😆😆😆
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Brilliant,bold , amazing, he was a champion for us - he used his art to speak for us to break the chains of paradigms that would dare attempt to constrain him- a dear american treasure Mr. James Baldwin ❤
Baldwin was a force of nature....
Icon 🐐🐐🐐🐐
He is the greatest. That's it.
James Baldwin wasn't miseducated!
Carter G Woodson!
HE could pick up that "🖊️ PEN AND CHANGE THE WORLD 🌎!
William won that debate.
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿💯🙏🏿
Are you aware that Mr.Buckley was fellow buried President Franklin D.Roòsevelt was soilder at time.
Cambridge debating society in London?
What a great literal giant
Bling-obsessed NBA and rap culture could take notes from Baldwin's hard-fought eloquent thoughts on race and displacement in African-American life. His final interview worth reading as well (good PBS doc.on his France years a few years ago, and honored in a quarter-completed Writer Fighters II as well!).
Does anyone know how demanding it is to be well read? Certain demographics struggle to read the ingredients of junk food.
@@user-er3ri6sc3jThat's often laziness handed down from lax parenting.
@@steveconn Not just laziness but obliviousness.
You just had to come on here with the black conservative talking points to derail everything! SMH! Even Baldwin, himself, never devolved into using these talking points.
why would you write this? You highlight Baldwin and bookend it with an ignorant take. Baldwin deeply understood the human condition... you do not. At all.
Nowhere near Malcom X and Fred Hampton
Don’t much about him but with polish smarts
Not much has changed
I absolutely loved this! Also, for anyone who’s interested, James Baldwin and Maya Angelou were dear friends, and this is one of the most profound conversations I’ve heard regarding various matters of their time which still have relevance today: th-cam.com/video/O6sFgaZBs-U/w-d-xo.htmlsi=REHStbHWJwIR4GZU
He should be a role model for young kids, but sadly nowadays being literate isn't winning.
That’s funny considering the manner in which you chose to structure your sentence..
@@NetanyahuWarCriminal you are right ,do you want a correct sentence??
@@Monika-mh2je I would like a correct sentence. Then go straight to prison for your heinous crime.
@NetanyahuWarCriminal 😃
Where is the sweet older lady thats always in here?
Are his books cancelled yet
I think the Cambridge Union might actually be in Cambridge NOT London - it's 60 miles away. What kind of fact checking does this news organisation do?!
Robinson Robert Walker Deborah Smith Jose
👍🏿😅
I'll have to check out more
How did this get on the air unedited? The Cambridge Union obviously isn’t in London. Is the narrator so uninformed as to think London and England can be used interchangeably? 😂😂😂 How old is the narrator? An adolescent?
Yikes! Is it that serious? lol mistakes happen.
This guy had issues
Wow! James Buckley really on the wrong side of history! Wow!!
He had kids wife ?
A video about Baldwin's Giovanni's Room - th-cam.com/video/7OVi9dYnIXo/w-d-xo.html
Homosexual
R u a homophobe?
We are not interested in what he did and who he did it with in his bedroom.
How did I know this man would make more of James Baldwin being gay than he did of him being black first. This man is a genius and he used his genius to benefit black people but you're sitting here with this pile of "he was gay" nonsense. Get to what his black concerns were and not speculating about his private business. I assure you his grateful black people do not care about what he was doing at night. Thank you.
This man is not important too the black community. So moving on
Mr. James Baldwin was an AWESOME man!!!!!!!!!!