“[James] Baldwin "was one of greatest intellectuals of his time. He was an important voice, period, not an important black voice."” ImportantBlackVoicePeriods Author:Raoul Peck
“[James] Baldwin was a celebrity. A TV show like Kenneth Clark could put him aside of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. He was, at least, one of the three most important spokesmen of the movement and of the black community.” ImportantShowsThreeBlackCommunityMovementTvsKingsTv ShowsLutherBlack CommunityKenneth Author:Raoul Peck
“Your tweet is as important as if you would have written a Ph.D. [dissertation] on the subject.” IfsImportantWrittenSubjectsTweetDissertation Author:Raoul Peck
“[James] Baldwin said the real question is not when there will be the first Negro president in this country. The important question is what country he's going to be the president of.” FirstsSaidImportantRealCountryPresidentImportant QuestionsReal Questions Author:Raoul Peck
“[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important.” ImportantHelpingTodayFocusNeededEssentials Author:Raoul Peck
“I started to read James Baldwin very early on in my life. At a time, as a young adult in the Sixties, when there were not that many authors in whom I could recognize myself, he was an important guide and mentor to me as he was to many others. He helped me understand who I was and decipher the world around me. He gave me the words to defend myself and the argumentative rhetoric to master discussions with others.” WorldImportantYoungMastersAdultsYoung AdultGuidesDiscussionMentorSixtyRhetoricDecipher Author:Raoul Peck
“I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time... not just African-American. He singled-handily revolutionized the political, artistic and historical discourses about America. He created his particular and original language.” ThinkingImportantAmericaPoliticalLanguageParticularOriginalsHistoricalArtisticAfrican AmericanThinkerDiscourseAmerican Writer Author:Raoul Peck
