Tag: James Baldwin
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James Baldwin debates William Buckley Jr.
On this day, in 1965, James Baldwin debated William F. Buckley at Cambridge University. After a brilliant take-down of white supremacy, Baldwin receives a standing ovation (38:20) and this debate (and much of what Baldwin says here) becomes a major milestone in the intellectual response to the horrors of Jim Crow America. Frederick Douglass in…
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Ballroom Basix
My name is Rikki Ziegelman and I am the Media Manager for an education-based arts-initiative non-profit organization called BALLROOM BASIX. Our organization provides school children physical, social, emotional and cultural engagement through the etiquette and education of non-competitive Ballroom, Latin & Line dancing. Our headquarters are also, conveniently, in East Harlem! Next Monday (August 2nd),…
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Baldwin
Every so often it’s important to go back and reread something of James Baldwin in order to see just how far we’ve come, but, more importantly, how far we haven’t come as a nation and as a city. In 1965, James Baldwin debated W.F. Buckley at Cambridge University in what became an immediate classic and…
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HNBA Zoom Meeting on Tuesday (7pm)
On Tuesday at 7pm we’ll meet on Zoom to learn more about strategies for buying a home, refinancing, and more ways to build generational wealth in these complex times. We will also have a candidate for Manhattan DA – Tali Farhadian Weinstein – join us to talk about how she wants to reform the DA’s…
