"For, while the tale of how we suffer, and how we are delighted, and how we may triumph is never new, it always must be heard." Baldwin, 1965
James Baldwin (1924-1987) was a queer, black American author and civil rights activist who treked the minefield of the human rights race with "an elequence to inspire a nation"*.
His book-length essay, No Name In The Street, is a moving account of his experiences through the assassinations and mourning of his three friends Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
I guarantee he'll make you say "wow" more than once.
*Maya Angelou
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