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A rare collection of James Baldwin’s literary works can now be explored by the public in a new exhibit at the Carl A. Kroch ...
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James Baldwin at 100
In 1965, in the packed Cambridge Union Society in London, James Baldwin, a voice of the civil rights movement, debated the commentator William F. Buckley, who was skeptical of the cause.
James Baldwin’s legacy will take center stage this week as art, film and conversation converge at the Wexner Center for the Arts. In collaboration with the James Baldwin Project and Ohio State, the ...
His voice still resonates in discussions about race, sex and equality. Who was James Baldwin? James Baldwin, one of America’s most influential writers, continues to inspire decades after his death.
Essayist. Activist. Visionary. Playwright. Queer. Black Man. Revolutionary. James Baldwin is all of this and more. Some fall in love with his characters, and others find solace in his righteous ...
It was the fall of 1974, and the accolades for If Beale Street Could Talk—his novel depicting a love story interrupted by incarceration—still wreathed all of James Baldwin’s moves.
Born in Harlem, NY, in 1924, James Baldwin had a calling from a young age to be a writer and activist during the Civil Rights Movement. At age 24, he moved to France so he could write more freely ...
In season four, we are introduced to new historical figures, including James Baldwin, played by Michael Benjamin Washington, ...
Why James Baldwin’s work is attracting renewed attention in 2020 Sunday marked what would have been literary icon James Baldwin’s 96th birthday, in a year when the resurgence of Black Lives ...