The Baldwin–Buckley debate was a televised debate of The Cambridge Union Society held on 18 February 1965, which has since come to be seen as one of the most historic and influential …

The legendary debate that laid down US political lines on race, justice and history.

Jul 30, 2024 · On the centennial year of the birth of writer and orator James Baldwin, we listen to sections of the legendary 1965 televised debate between Baldwin and conservative William F. …

Jan 31, 2023 · On February 18, 1965 at Cambridge University, James Baldwin, the African American novelist and essayist, debated William F. Buckley Jr., the editor and founder of the …

The 1965 debate between noted author and civil rights activist James Baldwin and William F. Buckley, Jr., writer and “Father of the Modern Conservative Movement,” took place at a most …

May 20, 2025 · Taking a break from his annual ski vacation in Switzerland with his wife, Pat, he made his way to England for a debate at the Cambridge Union with one of the most celebrated …

The one-hour special program features a debate between Negro author James Baldwin and leading American conservative William F. Buckley, Jr., at the Cambridge Union, Cambridge …

Feb 17, 2023 · In honor of Black History Month, I thought I would give a shout-out to the landmark debate between James Baldwin and William F Buckley that occurred on February 18, 1965, 58 …

In 1965, William F. Buckley and James Baldwin faced off in a legendary debate about America’s racial divide. That debate, televised and now available on YouTube, still resonates 60 years later.

Jul 9, 2020 · When James Bald­win took the stage to debate William F. Buck­ley at Cam­bridge in 1965, it was to have “a debate we shouldn’t need,” writes Gabrielle Bel­lot at Lit­er­ary Hub, and …