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James Baldwin — The Fire Next Time

1963 essay collection arguing that Black America's survival depends on white America's reckoning.

Two essays: "My Dungeon Shook — Letter to My Nephew" and "Down at the Cross — Letter from a Region in My Mind." Originally published in The New Yorker. Still in print continuously since 1963.

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