Description: Over twenty-two months in 1979 and 1981 nearly two dozen children were unspeakably murdered in Atlanta despite national attention and outcry; they were all Black. James Baldwin investigated these murders, the Black administration in Atlanta, and Wayne Williams, the Black man tried for the crimes. Because there was only evidence to convict Williams for the murders of two men, the children's cases were closed, offering no justice to the families or the country. Baldwin's incisive analysis implicates the failures of integration as the guilt party, arguing, "There could be no more devastating proof of this assault than the slaughter of the children." As Stacey Abrams writes in her foreword, "The humanity of black children, of black men and women, of black lives, has ever been a conundr Book and Mortar Record Store The Evidence of Things Not Seen -- James Baldwin Over twenty-two months in 1979 and 1981 nearly two dozen children were unspeakably murdered in Atlanta despite national attention and outcry; they were all Black. James Baldwin investigated these murders, the Black administration in Atlanta, and Wayne Williams, the Black man tried for the crimes. Because there was only evidence to convict Williams for the murders of two men, the children's cases were closed, offering no justice to the families or the country. Baldwin's incisive analysis implicates the failures of integration as the guilt party, arguing, "There could be no more devastating proof of this assault than the slaughter of the children." As Stacey Abrams writes in her foreword, "The humanity of black children, of black men and women, of black lives, has ever been a conundrum for America. Forty years on, Baldwin's writing reminds us that we have never resolved the core query: Do black lives matter? Unequivocally, the moral answer is yes, but James Baldwin refuses such rhetorical comfort." In this, his last book, by excavating American race relations Baldwin exposes the hard-to-face ingrained issues and demands that we all reckon with them. Author: James Baldwin Publisher: Holt McDougal Published: 01/17/2023 Pages: 144 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 0.26lbs Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.60d ISBN: 9781250844897
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Book Title: Evidence of Things Not Seen
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Holt & Company, Henry
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 2023
Topic: Sociology / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Genre: Social Science
Item Weight: 4.2 Oz
Author: James Baldwin
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
