The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America

On February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr., a fierce critic of the movement and America's most influential conservative intellectual.

• | Author: Nicholas Buccola
• | Publisher: Princeton University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 01, 2020
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780691210773
• | ISBN-10: 0691210772