ABC TRIED TO BURY THIS JAMES BALDWIN INTERVIEW. FOUR DECADES LATER, IT’S BLISTERINGLY RELEVANT.

Larry Williams Buried by ABC at the time, the segment has resurfaced over four decades later, revealing a unique glimpse into Baldwin’s private life—as well as his resounding criticism about white fragility, as blisteringly relevant today as it was in 1979. Conducted by the late Sylvia Chase, the interview took place at 137 West 71st Street—the Manhattan apartment building Baldwin bought for himself and his family in 1965.

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