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James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley (1965)
The 1965 Cambridge Union debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. on whether the American Dream comes at the expense of the American Negro. It is a historic recording of the two speaking.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended for Baldwin's riveting delivery and as an example of serious debate between opposing worldviews.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- The Riverbends Channel
- Topic
- race in america debate
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Thanks for posting this. I started teaching my first history lecture course this January and very quickly came up against what the author mentions - not only students but also teachers have a lot of trouble sustaining attention for more than 30-40 minutes of straight-ahead …
benbreen on Hacker News · 2017-03
In My adventures in digital historyI know only pieces of his life, but whenever a video or audio clip of Baldwin pops up, I listen voraciously. He is articulate in a way that seems to blend the cerebral with the emotive. He seems to summon forth both Maya Angelou and …
padolsey on Hacker News · 2024-08
In The Private Life: On James BaldwinThere's a really interesting debate between Baldwin and William Buckley up on youtube. Riviting stuff: [VIDEO]
rtpg on Hacker News · 2016-05
In Why James Baldwin Still Matters
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