Misha MILLER
3 min readMar 21, 2023

Why Did ABC Hide James Baldwin’s 1979 Interview?

Too much truth at once.

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James Baldwin has always been considered a literary giant.

A man who could be buried in a crowd at 5ft 6in, it was what came out his mouth that people feared the most. Like when he attended the March on Washington in 1963 but was denied the opportunity to speak for what he might say.