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"The Evidence of Things Not Seen, award-winning author James Baldwin's searing 1985 indictment of the nation's racial stagnation, is contextualized anew by an introduction from New York Times bestselling author and political leader Stacey Abrams. In this essential work, James Baldwin examines the Atlanta child murders that took place over twenty-two months in 1979 and 1980. Examining this incident with a reporter's skill and an essayist's insight, he notes the significance of Atlanta as the site of these brutal killings-a city that claimed to be "too busy to hate"-and the permeation of race throughout the case: the Black administration in Atlanta; the murdered Black children; and Wayne Williams, the Black man tried for the crimes. In Baldwin's hands, this specific set of events has transcended its era and remains as relevant today as ever. Rummaging through the ruins of American race relations, Baldwin addresses all the hard-to-face issues that have brought us to a moment in history when we are forced to reckon with some of the country's most ingrained, foundational issues and when, too often, public officials fail to ask real questions about "justice for all." In this, his last bo

Who reads The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued Edition?

Author

James Baldwin - undifferentiated, Stacey Abrams, James Baldwin

Publisher

Holt Paperbacks, Henry Holt and Company

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9780030055294

Category

history

Subjects

Social Science, Fiction, Memoir

Rating

4.01 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14