"The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

This feels to me like a book everyone in America should read repeatedly. Every year or so. Baldwin does an incredible job of illustrating the complexities of how race relations in America have come about. This book reads as though it were printed in the 60's but it has lost none of it's astuteness or accuracy. From an African American perspective, I can only imagine this book would be a rallying cry, not for war but but for unity. From a White American perspective, or more specifically from my perspective, this letter intended for his nephew is a wake-up call to how unfairly a huge percentage of our people are viewed and treated. I'm suprised that I haven't been encouraged to read more by James Baldwin in the past, but his book, at least, is one that I will recommend to so many people. The perspective is angry but peaceful.