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From the Ted Talk by Christina Greer: Notes of a native son the world according to James Baldwin
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Meanwhile, the Civil Rights ________ was _______ momentum in America. Black Americans were making incremental gains at registering to vote and voting, but were still denied _____ dignities in _______, on buses, in the work force, and in the armed services. Though he lived _________ in France for the rest of his life, _______ was deeply invested in the movement, and keenly aware of his country’s unfulfilled promise. He had seen family, friends, and _________ spiral into addiction, incarceration and suicide. He believed their fates __________ from the ___________ of a segregated society. In 1963, he published "The Fire Next Time," an arresting portrait of racial strife in which he held white America accountable, but he also went further, _______ that ______ hurt white people too. In his view, everyone was inextricably enmeshed in the same social fabric. He had long believed that: “People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”
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Original Text
Meanwhile, the Civil Rights movement was gaining momentum in America. Black Americans were making incremental gains at registering to vote and voting, but were still denied basic dignities in schools, on buses, in the work force, and in the armed services. Though he lived primarily in France for the rest of his life, Baldwin was deeply invested in the movement, and keenly aware of his country’s unfulfilled promise. He had seen family, friends, and neighbors spiral into addiction, incarceration and suicide. He believed their fates originated from the constraints of a segregated society. In 1963, he published "The Fire Next Time," an arresting portrait of racial strife in which he held white America accountable, but he also went further, arguing that racism hurt white people too. In his view, everyone was inextricably enmeshed in the same social fabric. He had long believed that: “People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.”
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