James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Debate the American Dream
The Riverbends Channel · Lecture · 59 min · 2012 · YouTube title: James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley (1965)
Why it's here
Recommended for Baldwin's riveting delivery and as an example of serious debate between opposing worldviews.
What it covers
The 1965 Cambridge Union debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley Jr. on whether the American Dream comes at the expense of the American Negro. It is a historic recording of the two speaking.