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‘I thought I’d hit the jackpot.'”
James Baldwin, responding to a television interviewer who asked him to describe the challenges he faced starting his career as a black, impoverished homosexual.
Related reading:
American Lives: James Baldwin, ‘Lifting The Veil’
npr (19 Aug 10)
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