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James Baldwin Interview (Part 1)

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American novelist James Baldwin talks to Kenneth Clark about his childhood, and discusses the aftermath of the 1963 meeting of civil rights activists and Attorney General Robert F Kennedy, in which he was involved.

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• James Baldwin Interview (Part 2)

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• James Baldwin Interview (Part 3)

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