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James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a writer and civil rights activist who is best known for his semi-autobiographical novels and plays that center on race, politics, and sexuality.
Nov 29, 2006 · James Baldwin — the grandson of a slave — was born in Harlem in 1924. The oldest of nine children, he grew up in poverty, developing a troubled relationship with his strict, religious...
Feb 28, 2024 · Feb. 28, 2024. James Baldwin would have turned 100 on Aug. 2 this year. His final works were published almost 40 years ago, just two years before his death in 1987. Yet his writing is as...
Learn more about the life of James Baldwin as he traveled the world while remaining close to family and establishing enduring friendships.
A novelist and essayist of considerable renown, James Baldwin bore witness to the unhappy consequences of American racial strife. Baldwin’s writing career began in the last years of legislated segregation; his fame as a social observer grew in tandem with the civil rights movement as he mirrored…
Aug 1, 2013 · August 1, 2013. James Baldwin and Marlon Brando at Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C., 08/28/1963.U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service. 1924: Born August 2nd in New...
Jul 12, 2021 · James Baldwin, circa 1979. Ralph Gatti/AFP via Getty Images. We are marking a milestone, 50 years of NPR, with a look back at stories from the archive. James Baldwin Examines The Role Of...
