American Dream or American Nightmare?

The Baldwin-Buckley Debate

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Has the American Dream been achieved at the expense of black Americans?

In February 1965, seven months after the Civil Rights Act became law, two of the most famous intellectuals in the US faced each other to debate this question.

On one side was James Baldwin, whose book The Fire Next Time had brought him international renown. On the other was William F. Buckley, the founder of National Review magazine and the most prominent conservative intellectual at the time.

In this special one-day course at Unregistered Academy, we examine one of the most remarkable confrontations of ideas in American history.

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