James Harris Interview With Harry Edwards: ‘The Fire This Time’

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James Harris Interview With Harry Edwards: ‘The Fire This Time’

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James Harris and Harry Edwards discuss President Obama and the myth of post-racial society, James Baldwin’s “The Fire Next Time” and why now is the time to repair the black community in urban cities such as Oakland.

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