In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I’m posting a three-part interview series with author, intellectual and Civil Rights leader, James Baldwin. Here, in an interview with Kenneth Clark, Baldwin gives his perspective on MLK, Malcolm X and the major questions concerning civil rights and Americanism.
“I can’t be a pessimist because I’m alive.” -James Baldwin
Part 1
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt-WgwFEUNQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
Part 2
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1BkaSEvyPI&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
Part 3
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXwVnYGJ_Cw&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
