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James Baldwin died (1/12/1987)
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Ross Clark
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on Tue Dec 3 08:32:12 2024
African-American writer and public voice, born 1924.
Lived in France 1948-57 and 1970-87.
Two quotes from "If Black English isn't a language, then tell me, what
is?" (1979).
Here it is:
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/29/specials/baldwin-english.html?source=post_page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin
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