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between White and Black Americans. In his essays, Baldwin's purpose was to reach a mass white audience and help them to better understand Black Americans' struggle for equal rights. Looking at the time period in which Baldwin's essays were published shows how purposefully each essay was constructed. At the time, the Civil Rights Movement was beginning to recognize the need for publicity, in particular "story-telling that would generate public support for the movement's people and goals". This was

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