The Evidence of Things Not Seen

Playboy Best Nonfiction award for 1981

“To grapple with the pervasiveness of American racism, we can always turn to James Baldwin. You cannot help but admire his words in this volume as they remain as relevant today as when they first appeared.” —Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist

In his last book, Baldwin excavates American race relations to expose the hard-to-face, ingrained issues and demands that require a continuous, civic reckoning. With a new forward from Fair Fight Act...