“EVERYBODY’S PROTEST POEM” (from A Requiem for Jimmy”

This is the second poem of “A Requiem for Jimmy,” a spoken word performance in honor of the life and legacy of James Baldwin, performed April 9, 2025 at NCCU for a FREE SHOW on behalf of The James Baldwin Society of NCCU. The poem interprets Baldwin’s aversion to protest literature and his philosophy of the psychological underpinnings of white supremacist conceptions of the word “N****r” .