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Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge
Friday, May 29 7:00 p.m. – Tuesday, June 2 12:00 a.m.
Cinquième Salle
- When
- Friday, May 29 7:00 p.m. – Tuesday, June 2 12:00 a.m.
- Price
- 56.00$
- Duration
- 3d
About
In 1965, two men took the stage for a heated verbal sparring match in Cambridge, with the writer James Baldwin facing the conservative intellectual William F. Buckley Jr. The former dismantled the myth of the American dream, arguing that it was created at the expense of African-Americans. The latter defended the notion of the United States as a meritocracy, convinced that inequality comes down to individual effort rather than a history of oppression. Two visions of the world collided in a debate that has taken on mythic dimensions thanks to archival footage.
Venue
Cinquième Salle
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