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Baldwin V. Buckley: The Debate Of The American Dream

James Baldwin, 1965, Getty Images 

William F. Buckley Jr., 1965, Associated Press  

During the peak of the civil rights movement, James Baldwin, a famous writer advocating for African-American rights, and William F. Buckley Jr., a conservative newspaper editor notorious for his racist statements towards the Black community, clashed in a fierce debate at Cambridge University to argue whether the American Dream had been achieved at the expense of the American Negro and used their messages in their future diplomatic efforts.​

Ethan Tsay

Junior Division

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