The Fire Next Time quotes about race & the color line
27 quotes on race & the color line from The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book. Drawn from the 46 in the full collection. Page 2 of 2.
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The Negroes of this country may never be able to rise to power, but they are very well placed indeed to precipitate chaos and ring down the curtain on the American dream.
The Negro came to the white man for a roof or for five dollars or for a letter to the judge; the white man came to the Negro for love. But he was not often able to give what he came seeking. The price was too high; he had too much to lose.
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