In two days, witness the documentary that transformed James Baldwin’s unpublished manuscript into an Academy Award nominated tour de force. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, I Am Not Your Negro premieres on Independent Lens | PBS this Monday, January 15 at 9pm: http://to.pbs.org/2BCUWtB | Independent Lens | PBS

The truly extraordinary debate between James Baldwin v. William F. Buckley Jr. at Cambridge University on the question: "Is the American Dream at the expense of the American Negro?" All Credit to NET (1965) | WHAT WE SEEE

At the start of black history month in the US, we take a look at a seminal speech by the writer, essayist, poet and civil rights activist James Baldwin. At Cambridge University Union in 1965, Baldwin debates whether the ‘American dream’ has been achieved at the expense of African-Americans. | The Guardian