Resources for African and African Diaspora Studies

Reprinted from TIME Magazine in Negro History Bulletin, v. 27:no 6 (March 1964)

Baldwin, one of the greatest essayists in the second half of the 20th century, offers a piece about his father, himself, and the personal toll of hatred. Republished in Literary Cavalcade, 2000, Vol.52 (7), p.18. First published in 1948 as one of the essays in the book entitled Notes on a Native Son.