Category: Inspiration
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Read: Vigilant as not to be erased!
On the 30th Anniversary of his death Baldwin’s words punch and echo with powerful contemporary relevance. A renewed public interest sees a campaign where celebrities urge the public to Know Your Baldwin. Led by Samuel L. Jackson, Lupita Nyong’o, Ashton Sanders (of Moonlight fame) and others contribute to a short video where each take turn to emphatically articulate…
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Write: What James Baldwin means to you?
We Know Our Baldwin and we know that Baldwin was not only unapologetically Black, he was also unapologetically Queer
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Read: Stubble
Since that day, we parted, years have rolled by and my heart has died a few thousand times. . .
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Reclaiming Jimmy
We must be vigilant so as not to be erased! BlackOutUK encourages you to Know Your Baldwin for he speaks For Us and About Us and provides evidence of our existence not only as Black people but as Black Queer people
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Event: I’m Not Your Negro Preview Screening 19/03
We’re massive fans of James Baldwin so are massively excited to announce a special preview screening of new documentary ‘I’m Not Your Negro’ on Sunday 19th March.
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Read: Monk’s Habit
In Coffee N Chat Troy reached out to Martin who knew more than Troy realised. . . Monk’s Habit
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Read: Coffee n Chat
Martin has always taken world events to heart. They seem to affect him mentally and physically to such an extent that he would come down with a cold or suffer from headaches. Martin told Justin that America was finally through the looking glass, and he worried about where the world was heading.
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Read: Watch This Space Martin Patrick
Life doesn’t exist if there are no words to recount what truthfully happened to us.