James Arthur Baldwin (Aug. 2, 1924 – Dec. 1, 1987) was an American writer, poet, essayist, novelist and incendiary moral voice. His life and work helped shape twentieth-century conversations about ...

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. The motion: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American author James Baldwin (1924-1987) during an interview at the Whitehall Hotel in Bloomsbury Square, London. (Photo by ...

“The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.” — James Baldwin James Baldwin’s words truly resonate with me as a Black gay man in a world where I am continuously trying to find my place ...

The legendary writer and activist James Baldwin would have turned 100 this month. He is best known for his novels and essays and as a moral voice addressing race, sexuality and the very fabric of ...

No twentieth-century writer matched James Baldwin in literary brilliance and moral courage. Baldwin, a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic, used his words as weapons to fight ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author, poet, and playwright James Baldwin was born on this day in 1924 in Harlem, New York. In his youth, he was briefly involved with the church ...

In Baldwin’s exploration of race and identity, he went beyond politics to examine racism’s psychological and spiritual effects on both the oppressor and the oppressed. He wrote about sexuality and ...