My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation

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"My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation" is James Baldwin’s powerful open letter essay reflecting on race, identity, and the Black experience in America, addressed to his young nephew.

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instanceOf essay ⓘ
non-fiction work ⓘ
open letter ⓘ
addressee James Baldwin’s nephew ⓘ
author James Baldwin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPublishedAsPartOf The Fire Next Time ⓘ
genre African-American literature ⓘ
essay ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
includedWith Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region in My Mind ⓘ
linked to: Down at the Cross
influenced discourse on civil rights in the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement African-American civil rights literature ⓘ
mainTheme Black experience in America ⓘ
emancipation ⓘ
identity ⓘ
race in the United States ⓘ
racism ⓘ
narrativeForm epistolary ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1963 ⓘ
partOf The Fire Next Time ⓘ
period Civil Rights Movement era ⓘ
publishedIn The Fire Next Time ⓘ
setting United States in the 20th century ⓘ
shortTitle My Dungeon Shook ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism ⓘ
title My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation ⓘ
tone critical ⓘ
personal ⓘ
prophetic ⓘ

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The Fire Next Time → subtitleOfPart → My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation ⓘ
My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation → title → My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation ⓘ