Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Cambridge Union, Panel Discussion on the legacy of Baldwin/Buckley. (The Cambridge Union, 2020). McClure, Daniel R, The Possession of History and American Innocence: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley, Jr., and the 1965 Cambridge Debate. (Manchester University Press). Vaught, Seneca, James Baldwin vs. William F. Buckley, Jr. for the Soul of ...
In 1965, at a Cambridge University debate with conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr., Baldwin expounds on a recent remark from ex-AG Kennedy: "It's conceivable that in 40 years in America, we might have a Negro president."
James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. continue to argue about dreams and race in America. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
The play features a fictionalised retelling of the 1968 ABC TV debates between William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal, which take place during the Republican and Democratic Party conventions. Graham was inspired by a documentary film on the subject by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon .
In a 60 Minutes interview that aired shortly before Ronald Reagan’s inauguration, Morley Safer asked William F. Buckley Jr., “Has there ever been a liberal Buckley? What would you do if one ...
Baldwin eventually returned to New York City during the height of the civil rights movement and participated in a stirring public debate with William F. Buckley about the American Dream, which ...
William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; [a] November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, and political commentator. [ 1 ] Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his first language before learning French and then English as a child. [ 2 ]
In February 1965 James Baldwin visited the Cambridge Union, to debate the motion "Has the American Dream been achieved at the expense of the American Negro" against the right-wing William F. Buckley Jr.. The debate, which Baldwin won by an overwhelming majority, [40] was televised for National Educational Television. [41]