Baldwin vs. Buckley

The June issue of The Atlantic contains a fascinating account of James Baldwin's February 1965 debate with William F. Buckley at Cambridge University. The motion put up for debate was this: “The American dream is at the expense of the American Negro.” (I won't say which speaker won over the audience, but I will say it was a rout.) Although Baldwin's homosexuality did not arise that evening, and Sam Tanenhaus only lightly touches on it in the article, I found the article fascinating, and commend it to you all.