Nurse on Baldwin's civil rights advocacy alongside movement leaders
Chair Nurse adds that during the civil rights movement, Baldwin advocated for racial equity and universal human dignity alongside figures including Medgar Evers, Maya Angelou, Nina Simone, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr., describing his work as bearing witness to the truth.
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That during the civil rights movement, Baldwin advocated for racial equity and universal human dignity alongside civil rights luminaries, including Medgar Evers, Maya Angelou, Nina Simone, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr.
He described his work as bearing witness to the truth and observed that no society can smash the social contract and be exempt from the consequences.