The Fire Is upon Us : : James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America / / Nicholas Buccola.
How the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminate America's racial divideOn February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the le...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (496 p.) :; 23 b/w illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Prologue
- Chapter 1. The Ghetto and the Mansion, 1924-46
- Chapter 2. Disturbing the Peace, 1946-54
- Chapter 3. Joining the Battle, 1955-61
- Chapter 4. Taking Responsibility, 1961-62
- Chapter 5. In the Eye of the Storm, 1963-64
- Chapter 6. "What Concerns Me Most": Baldwin at Cambridge
- Chapter 7. "The Faith of Our Fathers": Buckley at Cambridge
- Chapter 8. Lighting the Fuse
- Epilogue. The Fire Is upon Us
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix. Transcript of the Baldwin versus Buckley Debate at the Cambridge Union
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index