James Baldwin's "Black Lives Matter" Speech (1965)

James Baldwin makes a heartfelt plea for racial justice and equality at Cambridge University.
Historic debate between James Baldwin v. William F. Buckley Jr. at Cambridge University on the question: "Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?"


James Baldwin Speaks! The Fire This Time: A Message to Black Youth. James Baldwin addresses students at inner-city Oakland's Castlemont High School. The address covers some of the themes of Baldwin's classic The Fire Next Time published earlier that year. This is one of Baldwin's most profound and passionate talks and speaks as strongly to the generation of #blacklivesmatter as it did to that Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. Baldwin also takes questions from the students (which are read for the broadcast by the radio announcer). Recorded Junes 23, 1963.


James Baldwin Interview: Black Man in America. (1961?) with Studs Terkel.
Some people have noticed the audio is sped up. I'm not positive how that happened but it seems like if you click gear/settings button in the bottom right corner of the video, you can slow the speed to .75, which sounds closer to the real audio. Baldwin discusses his career up until his collection of essays, "Nobody Knows my Name," knowing yourself, race in America, and writing. Check out this playlist of other Baldwin videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... more baldwin at https://archive.org/details/cabemrc_0...



This is a speech given by Mr. James Baldwin at the University of Chicago on May 21, 1963. The Speech is entitled The Moral Responsibility of the Artist.