Glaude outlines Baldwin's early literary works. He argues that Baldwin's focus later changed from "white America" to the "well-being and future of black people". In 1963, a bombing took place at 16th Street Baptist Church, which Glaude believes led to Baldwin becoming disillusioned and his writing changing. Glaude mostly analyzes Baldwin's non-fiction, including his later books "The Fire Next Time" (1963) and "No Name in the Street" (1972), and the 1982 documentary "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".