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“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."

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"For Black inhabitants of this country, the Statue of Liberty is simply a very bitter joke meaning nothing to us" interview from The Statue of Liberty documentary 1985 Image: Staten Island Ferry from Battery Park
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Day 6: JAMES BALDWIN✊🏾🏳️‍🌈 author, playwright, activist.

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"To look around the United States today is enough to make prophets and angels weep."

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on the responsibility of artists. As relevant now, as it was then, as it will ever be. Courtesy https://t.co/5nkgE1eSOT

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I've gone down more youtube rabbitholes following than I care to admit

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On James Baldwin's birthday continue to educate yourself on race and rage, on justice and love, on pain and triumph. The knowledge in books are vital for shaping the future we deserve.

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“Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”

Embodied by a pig, ignorance is one of the three origins of suffering depicted in the Buddhist Wheel of Life. (Rubin Museum of Art; C2004.21.1)

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Each day of Black History Month, I'll be posting a new original for sale in my shop. Yesterday was a bit of afrofuturism, so today I want to celebrate history and the wealth of knowledge that is James Baldwin.

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one of these legends was born on 12/1/1940. the other died on 12/1/1987

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