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Buccola’s writing is ideal for those interested in the complexities of the past and the enduring impact of historical events on the present.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-fire-is-upon-us-by-nicholas-buccola-9780691210773","title":"The Fire Is upon Us","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn February 18, 1965, an overflowing crowd packed the Cambridge Union in Cambridge, England, to witness a historic televised debate between James Baldwin, the leading literary voice of the civil rights movement, and William F. Buckley Jr., a fierce critic of the movement and America's most influential conservative intellectual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe topic was \u003ci\u003ethe American dream is at the expense of the American Negro\u003c\/i\u003e, and no one who has seen the debate can soon forget it. 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