![]() In truth, Kennedy wasn’t prepared for the conversation, and he admitted as much after.īut this famous encounter, and the divisions that drove it, remains as relevant today as it was in 1963. Kennedy, for his part, thought his interlocutors didn’t understand politics or policy, and he walked away convinced that they refused to hear him out. Baldwin, and the small group of black artists and intellectuals who joined him, thought Kennedy was ignorant of the black experience and suspected he was trying to exploit them for political gain. It was supposed to be a friendly conversation about how to improve race relations in America, but it quickly devolved into a bitter fight. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kennedy, the attorney general of the United States, and James Baldwin, the great writer and novelist, met in a penthouse apartment in New York City. ![]()
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