‘People Are Trapped in History,’ — James Baldwin Quote Tee | Wear Words Typographic Statement Tee — Muscle Tank

“People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them.” James Baldwin wrote this in “Stranger in the Village,” his 1953 essay on being the first Black man some Swiss villagers had ever seen. From that vantage he mapped how the past goes on living inside people, carried in the body long after anyone stops studying it.

**Bella+Canvas 3483 — Muscle Tank (Black only for now, Color finish).** A white option isn’t available from our printer at the moment — we’ll add it the moment it is. 100% combed & ring-spun cotton, 4.2 oz, 30 singles. Unisex muscle fit, crew neck, cut-off sleeves, wide armholes, side-seamed, pre-shrunk. Care: machine wash cold with like colors, tumble dry low, no bleach, cool iron inside-out (never iron the print).