"An Open Letter to My Sister, Miss Angela Davis" by James Baldwin

Overview:  I thought you would like this piece written by Baldwin during the case against Angela Davis.  Below is a picture of her on Newsweek, which Baldwin references in the letter.  Click the link below to read Baldwin's letter.  Sadly, as you read the letter you will notice that it applies now.


"One way of gauging a nation’s health, or of discerning what it really considers to be its interests—or to what extent it can be considered as a nation as distinguished from a coalition of special interests—is to examine those people it elects to represent or protect it. One glance at the American leaders (or figure-heads) conveys that America is on the edge of absolute chaos, and also suggests the future to which American interests, if not the bulk of the American people, appear willing to consign the blacks. (Indeed, one look at our past conveys that.) It is clear that for the bulk of our (nominal) countrymen, we are all expendable."

James Baldwin, 1970

About Angela Davis:

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/angela-davis

"Open Letter to My Sister, Miss Angela Davis" by James Badwin:

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1971/01/07/an-open-letter-to-my-sister-miss-angela-davis/