In 1963, James Baldwin warned the world that inattention to racial oppression in America would result in the nation’s destruction. In order to “end the racial nightmare,” bold steps would need to be taken and, in a now-classic Baldwin summation, the author predicted that, “If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, recreated from the Bible in song by a slave, is upon us: God gave Noah the rainbow sign.
Source: The Final Fire: Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Kerner Commission [OPINION]
