The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin · 1963
Non-fictionessays
Banned in 1 country
James Baldwin's prophetic collection of two essays — "My Dungeon Shook," a letter to his teenage nephew, and "Down at the Cross," a meditation on race, religion, and the Nation of Islam — written at the height of the civil rights movement. One of the most powerful American texts on race, it warned of a coming reckoning: "God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water, the fire next time." Challenged in US schools for its frank discussion of race and religion.
Bans
| Country | Year | Reasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2021 | PoliticalRacial | ||
| Challenged in US schools during the wave of book removals targeting discussions of systemic racism and racial justice. | ||||