— The American Playwriting Foundation supports our sisters and brothers who are relentlessly fighting for justice and equality. —
#BlackLivesMatter
James Baldwin:
After all you’re accusing a captive population who’ve been robbed of everything of looting. It’s obscene.
Esquire magazine:
How can we get the black people to cool it?
James Baldwin:
It is not for us to cool it.
Esquire magazine:
But aren’t you the ones who are getting hurt the most?
James Baldwin:
No, we are only the ones who are dying fastest.
—James Baldwin, playwright, novelist, essayist, poet, and activist. July, 1968.
Past Winners of The Relentless Award