The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Muslim
Year Published 1963
Word Count 23,424
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1300L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 71298, 4.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- Black Muslims
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
- African Americans
- History | United States | General
- United States
- Literary Collections | Essays
- Social Science | Minority Studies
- United States--Race relations
- Sociology
- Race relations
- Lists With This Book
- Books That Shaped America
- Racism & Justice
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