Thoughts on Prison

(Following the Attica prison riot 1971.) The white prisoner believes he is innocent of crime, the black prisoner knows he is. For you do not punish a man for breaking …

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A rap on race (book review)

Published as ‘Bucking the burden’ in New Society 22 July 1971. A Rap on Race  by Margaret Mead and James Baldwin Three rounds of conversation, stretching over seven and a …

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