This chapter proposes a rec-conceptualization of leadership for racial justice. In particular it draws upon the literary works of James Baldwins writings, fiction and non-fiction, focusing on his essays, for example The Fire Next Time. Thus, the chapter proposes a “hybrid” genre, a Theory-Praxis intersection. This intersection ends with a modest set of virtues/attributes that builds upon Hoppie’s (James Baldwin’s thought and reconceptualizating new educational leadership. Paper presented for the James Baldwin symposium. York University, Toronto, 2024) characterization of a new conception of a democratic form of leadership, one that deconstructs the school-community binary. In turn, this non-binary view of schools honors the vision of William Foster’s (Paradigms and promises. New approaches to educational administration. Prometheus Books, Buffalo, 1986) notion that leaders need followers to lead. This is a non-hierarchical process.