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The Evidence of Things Not Seen by Baldwin, James is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Evidence of Things Not Seen about?
Over twenty-two months in 1979 and 1981 nearly two dozen children were unspeakably murdered in Atlanta despite national attention and outcry; they were all Black. James Baldwin investigated these murders, the Black administration in Atlanta, and Wayne Williams, the Black man tried for the crimes. Because there was only evidence to convict Williams for the murders of two men, the children's cases were closed, offering no justice to the families or the country. Baldwin's incisive analysis implicates the failures of integration as the guilt party, arguing, "There could be no more devastating proof of this assault than the slaughter of the children."As Stacey Abrams writes in her foreword, "The humanity of black children, of black men and women, of black lives, has ever been a conundrum for America. Forty years on, Baldwin's writing reminds us that we have never resolved the core query: Do black lives matter? Unequivocally, the moral answer is yes, but James Baldwin refuses...
Who reads The Evidence of Things Not Seen?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Baldwin, James
- Publisher
- Buccaneer Books, Incorporated
- Published
- 1985
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781568495750
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, History
- Rating
- 4.01 / 5 (255 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13