Freedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he… - James Baldwin

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Freedom lurked around us and I understood, at last, that he could help us be free if we would listen, that he would never be free until we did.

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James Arthur Baldwin (2 August 1924 – 1 December 1987) was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and social critic.

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