Prayercast: James Baldwin and Harry Belafonte

Grace member Darrell Fielder shared several timeless interviews with James Baldwin with us -- this is a clip from one of them that also features singer and activist Harry Belafonte. The clip comes from a fuller Hollywood Roundtable segment linked below from August 1963, discussing the March on Washington where MLK, Jr., gave his "I have a dream" speech.



The video includes questions to consider as you watch that will help you apply Belafonte's and Baldwin's comments to our own time:

Are there still white Americans who refuse to pay attention, or who say that protestors are going too far? How do we invite them into the struggle?
Who are the “profiteers” and “vested interests” of our day, who control how things turn out? How can we sway them to side with justice?
Baldwin sees an awakening in his United States – that the country must now “go to work” because it can no longer ignore the injustices taking place. Why does it seem that we fell asleep again – so that we need to awake yet again, here in 2020?
Do you see a white obsession with non-violence play out today? How does it derail and detract from the protests happening right now?



Link to the full Roundtable discussion:    • Hollywood Roundtable feat. James Bald...