There have been many instances of police brutality against African Americans in the last few years. For example; the shooting of Trayvon Martin in 2012, the death of Eric Garner in 2014, Sandra Bland in 2015 and the fatal murder of Michael Brown in 2014, which sparked the birth of liberation movements in the United States (Sanburn). In light of such hostility, African American writers such as James Baldwin have been selected by liberation movements to express the black struggle and the need for love and unity. Baldwin’s work has generated documentaries such as ‘I Am