Quote of the Day by James Baldwin: “Not everything that is faced can be changed...” — why honesty is the first step to a

Key points

• James Baldwin, born in Harlem, New York, in 1924, became one of the most important American writers and public intellectuals of the 20th century.
• He wrote essays, novels, plays and speeches that examined race, sexuality, religion, identity and power with unusual moral clarity.
• His major works include Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, Giovanni’s Room, The Fire Next Time and If Beale Street Could Talk.
• The Smithsonian’s Museum of African American History and Culture describes Baldwin as a writer and civil rights activist whose works centred on race, politics and sexuality.
• Primary quote “Not everything that is faced can be changed;