James Baldwin. Steve Schapiro. The Fire Next Time

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin is a passionate and influential exploration of 1960s race relations, reprinted with over 100 photographs from Steve Schapiro. The edition includes Schapiro's stories from the field, an original introduction by John Lewis, captions by Marcia Davis, and an essay by Gloria Baldwin Karefa-Smart.

Format: Hardback
Length: 276 pages
Publication date: 07 September 2020
Publisher: Taschen GmbH

James Baldwin's iconic work, "The Fire Next Time," was first published in 1963 and has since become a seminal text in the exploration of race relations in the United States. The book is renowned for its masterful prose, as well as its frank and personal account of the black experience in America. It is considered one of the most passionate and influential explorations of 1960s race relations, weaving thematic threads of love, faith, and family into a candid assault on the hypocrisy of the "land of the free."

Now, for the first time, James Baldwin's rich, raw, and ever-relevant prose is reprinted with more than 100 photographs from Steve Schapiro, who traveled the American South with Baldwin for Life magazine. The encounter thrust Schapiro into the thick of the movement, allowing for vital, often iconic, images of civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Fred Shuttlesworth, and Jerome Smith, as well as landmark events such as the March on Washington and the Selma march.

Rounding out the edition are Schapiro's stories from the field, an original introduction by civil rights legend and U.S. Congressman John Lewis, captions by journalist Marcia Davis, and an essay by Gloria Baldwin Karefa-Smart, who was with her brother James in Sierra Leone when he started to work on the story. The result is a remarkable visual and textual record of one of the most important and enduring struggles of the American experience.

This new edition of "The Fire Next Time" is not only a testament to the power of literature to shed light on the complexities of race and society, but also a celebration of the enduring legacy of James Baldwin as a writer and social commentator. It is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the history and ongoing challenges of race relations in America.

Weight: 2082g
Dimension: 338 x 247 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783836571517