I knew Richard [Wright] and I loved him. [... ] I was not attacking him; I was trying to clarify something for myself. (James Baldwin)

I knew Richard [Wright] and I loved him. [... ] I was not attacking him; I was trying to clarify something for myself.

James Baldwin

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