James Baldwin +Black Lives Matter
4 min readJun 6, 2020
#BlackLivesMatter
The late literary genius and humanist nonpareil James Baldwin spoke for Black Lives Matter decades before the movement gained a name. And as a gay black man, born poor, he understood intersectionality in a profound sense.
Baldwin’s gifts included the ability to study himself and report, however painful or unflattering the truths that emerged. This…