The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America

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Nicholas Buccola

The Fire Is upon Us

James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America

Nicholas Buccola

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English

Princeton University Pres
09 November 2020

History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; Black & Asian studies; Civil rights & citizenship; Political activism

On February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr., a fierce critic of the movement and America's most influential conservative intellectual.

The topic was the American dream is at the expense of the American Negro, and no one who has seen the debate can soon forget it. Nicholas Buccola's The Fire Is upon Us is the first book to tell the full story of the event, the radically different paths that led Baldwin and Buckley to it, and how the debate and the decades-long clash between the men illuminates the racial divide that continues to haunt America today.

'Rigorous and even-handed...

The contemporary reader is likely to experience surprise at some of Buckley's opinions, and to delight at reminders of Baldwin in his heyday.' — James Campbell, Wall Street Journal

'Wonderfully accessible.' — Gabrielle Bellot, The Atlantic

'A gripping snapshot of a country riven by injustice yet anxious about radical change.' — New York Times Book Review

'Ambitious and interesting...a genealogy of how white supremacy — and attempts to slay it — have stayed at the center of American politics for more than half a century, up to and including our Trumpian present.' — Bill V. Mullen, Los Angeles Review of Books

'A great read.' — Whoopi Goldberg, The View

One of LitHub's 50 Favorite Books of the Year

One of Inside Higher Ed's Books to Give the Educator in Your Life for the Holidays

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

One of Whoopi Goldberg's Favorite Things, ABC The View

One of The Progressive's Favorite Books of 2019

Chicago Tribune writer John Warner's Book That Will Help You Better Understand the Messed-Up Nature of the World

One of The Undefeated's 25 Can't Miss Books of 2019

By: Nicholas Buccola
Imprint: Princeton University Pres
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 133mm,
ISBN: 9780691210773
ISBN 10: 0691210772
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 09 November 2020
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nicholas Buccola is the author of The Political Thought of Frederick Douglass. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, and many other publications. He is the Elizabeth and Morris Glicksman Chair in Political Science at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. Twitter @buccola_nick

Reviews for The Fire Is upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice One of Whoopi Goldberg's Favorite Things, ABC The View One of The Progressive's Favorite Books of 2019 Chicago Tribune writer John Warner's Book That Will Help You Better Understand the Messed-Up Nature of the World Shortlisted for the MAAH Stone Book Award, Museum of African American History Shortlisted for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society One of LitHub's 50 Favorite Books of the Year One of Inside Higher Ed's Books to Give the Educator in Your Life for the Holidays One of The Undefeated's 25 Can't Miss Books of 2019