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Which famous civil rights activist was James Baldwin friends with?

  • Malcolm X

  • Rosa Parks

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Thurgood Marshall

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James Baldwin was friends with Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent leader in the civil rights movement. The two shared a mutual respect and admiration for each other's work, and Baldwin's writings often supported and echoed King's message of racial equality and social justice.
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