BY JAMES BALDWIN ee es aie a) eee are nelved in 2 set eh Atatere Sack vrtech comity oke bom note Engh angonge to ees tat the eats ot ‘hoch te lngiage opts are his een. or exam: ie when Otel scozen fe saye tet he Ehrew's peal avay sicher tha al is be” Tas ver fone wh Urn a tT wandered "Ace than iste was forcel i tecosder Ses st Hck asso tac aight, ackteared In order del wih Ch ety at ean mein ay i he Und tt ad wo Far, {was unable lo speak fo ayboty tect pare To Frere {copped ino een in wiih hear, or theta ime, the eat Ur anguage of te people WP ad pruced me, For the ira ime 1 es ae heat tase ‘When Twa in eetay school bere were no black vars or wie wears wien Ico regard omnes abt te yma eee ekibert Pin coce as ter alla question abou wear shoul es back inwosiaveey Tams wines oan suvivor ofthe late: sve re- ‘the civil-rights movement. 1 put it thal way because Malan Xoand mel any Yeats go whe Malm tres etl ery young astute ona aoa {in ‘ehh faked ne te moses ne son Asli ake ten get whic Lr re fi yur ent ra yo ate tr Jos. fs ye yea feng for Yo fe iy ten ta ean You aren elfen” fe ses een coy ar ee Ma frying to ing to do with ils former slaves. We are stil {Governed bythe lave cades. ‘When I say “a slave rebellion.” I moan tha what i ‘alleg “te lvl-xghls stovemest" was realy insurrec- tion it was co-opted. Its fat tha the lest slave re- Bellon was brataly put down, We all know what 2 Medgar Eres Weal nw wha im X We all krow what hapooned 0 Later ig We oy wht apeed 2 re Hare fon: and so many more. The Its ong, ‘Tha isthe rule slave ebetion. ‘A very brulal thing must be sas The intentions of this malanchelle county as concer back people—and anyore who docbis me can ask any Inian—have al~ They needed us for inbor end fot On Language, Race and the Black Writer 1 mad to run an elevatar— ‘urderouty, but Irani. am nt needed to run thal no longer needed to éo. On the other es ging tobe tlc now Mack fa streets watching black sons, her fathers nor sons a as oth ng "G0 Pa Won the Mevaain* The Pie Next Tina" and the ferthesming "Just Above My Hed” This rte iaped fam o spec detsered recently al UC Berkeley De wn i ie vate ies paaphs Med Chemestens Dives: Sk fal eke tos be tt Hike otrm uneenies Seu Shira tet ny ea Ha Semnetaeorrsce rpg ey co eee ae a oe ae erat Ram mary Cer ag {ly they wer aban Gres, hey wee Grek arnt fs ns Ceo, oan td ht 3 os Asana a of white peaple who understand their md ropire ih het own hiay oa ey a om sly, 0 a come pe sed Joe An ng 9,30 doo ay ee about inal ple Laue sig a0 ghee : , : re bet ter, a ts sto which we ‘that~and’we have cope that—then we ean deal with what ow les etoe ws. * “Bvery whe person in hi county—and I donot care & a8 H 4 i H €. at of His he or sh saye—knows oben. They may nt Know, as they put “what wan.” bo Oey know they topuld not tke fo esac here Itty koow tha, then feat eine Hoe at Siowinie aan dal nent nan bhi lel pope panel eer ator Sco are aces Sen ee mer a gare toner eae sey lees Se as yce bia te acta tre a oer i eer ree ee eee SEs bay ame em aera a ie ts ee or ae eta oee ue gy gt iso aeeeraee e Sera neyo Sri cower pare eae tos eet Dove he reams ae ght Wie ry aennre erie fer ey nea cat Betsey eg en aa pa em oe ag a hr ea bre ora eae itera tree, ecm pe Saree sce sete aan eda tol aca seegeaero ex core nti prong aero Rect ha Ser geome te gine decaf benno prec reas ea fe en tm re Eris teeraentcinaare creer ane ree Sane emer tthe dena eet cated mies eee apt euliencaeruoar any ime ieter, nee Seaver parece i om ‘But black people hold the trump. When you ley to serene conan a sie Feces re its Hie mace Seer ah meee tien ee fuera SPS EES ny rn te