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The future of the Negro in this country is precisely as bright or as dark as the future of the country.— James Baldwin

In the final years of his life, James Baldwin began writingÌýRemember This House, a personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his closest friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Now, more than 30 years later, a new documentary picks up those letters and unfinished manuscripts to explore how race became the defining struggle of American society.

Ìý, an Academy Award-nominated film byÌýRaoul Peck,Ìýis an up-to-the-minute examination of race in America. Using Baldwin’s original words and a spellbinding flood of archival material, the film is a journey into the black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights Movement to the present of Black Lives Matter. Baldwin’s legacy makes one thing clear: the piercing endurance of racism—and the very definition of what America stands for—remains as relevant as ever.

On the eve of its theatrical release,Ìý¹ú²úÊÓƵ NYC presentedÌýa screening ofÌýI Am Not Your NegroÌýand a conversation on how we can better face—and change—the racial divide in America.

PARTICIPANTS

Hébert PeckÌý
Producer,ÌýI Am Not Your Negro

Nikole Hannah-JonesÌý
Staff Writer, TheÌýNew York Times Magazine
Emerson Fellow, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Aisha Karefa-SmartÌý
Author and niece of James Baldwin

Jamil SmithÌý
Senior National Correspondent, MTV News