Everything now, we must assume, is in our hands; we have no right to a…

James A. Baldwin
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Everything now, we must assume, is in our hands; we have no right to assume otherwise. If we do not falter in our duty now, we may be able, handful that we are, to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country, and change the history of the world. ✨ Letter from a Region in My Mind by James Baldwin, www.newyorker.com. November 17, 1962.
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