ABSTRACT
First is honored to reprint Amiri Baraka’s reflections on Jesse Jackson, Dukakis and the 1988 Democratic Convention in Atlanta. The history he witnessed has taken on new meaning now. Baraka’s convention narrative seems like an important chapter in the back story of our own time. And thanks to Jesse Jackson’s animadversions and contradictions—the drama don’t stop. Here’s a taste of what’s in the body of the text:
