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Resource page on combating anti-black racism

The cover of a book against a concrete background with a photo of author James Baldwin sitting in front of an orange and green background. Next to his image in white text it reads, "Notes of a Native Son" and then in black text "James Baldwin". At the bottom within in a black border surrounding the image, in white text, it reads, "with a new introduction by Edward P. Jones"

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Book Title: Notes of a Native Son
Book Author: James Baldwin
Book Summary: A collection of ten essays published in 1955 by renowned writer and commentator on race in America, James Baldwin. The essays cover areas such as book critiques of Uncle Tom's Cabin and Native Son, the exploitation of an a Black a capella quintet by the Wallace presidential campaign, antisemitism, going abroad to Paris, and the time he spent in a small mountain town in Switzerland. These essays are a multifaceted view into the mind of James Baldwin, including a raw and emotional account of  his father's death against the backdrop of the 1943 Harlem Riots in his title essay "Notes of a Native Son".

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