James Baldwin: The Fire Next Time
Writers like Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and Amiri Baraka all cite Baldwin as an important influence. This site features biographical information as well as video discussions of the authors work and life.
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James Baldwin
At 18 Baldwin took a job working for the New Jersey railroad. This companion site to an AMERICAN MASTERS episode about the author features biographical information and an interview with the filmmaker.
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James Baldwin
James Baldwin was heavily influenced by his middle school-French teacher, poet Countee Cullen. You can learn more about Baldwin and access some primary source materials about Baldwin and the Harlem Renaissance at this site.
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James Baldwin
Baldwin was the eldest of nine children. You can learn more at this site that features a brief biography of the writer. Source: Library of Congress Intended Audience: Students Reading Level: Middle School Teacher Section: No Searchable: No

James Baldwin
James Baldwin had his first story published in a church newspaper when he was 12. Learn more about the author at this site that features biographical information.
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James Baldwin
James Baldwin was an active figure in the Civil Rights Movement. This site features biographical information and brief overviews of some of his works as well as embedded You Tube videos featuring the author.
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James Baldwin: Early Manuscripts and Letters
You can view early drafts of Go Tell It On the Mountain and some of Baldwin's correspondence at this site. (click on "see all images" under the picture of Baldwin.)
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James Baldwin, 'Lifting The Veil'
Randall Kenan, who edited The Cross of Redemption, a collection of Baldwin's essays, speeches and articles, talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about Baldwin's complicated identity — and how his work challenged black and white readers alike.
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James Baldwin
Check out this 1963 Time Magazine cover featuring James Baldwin and read the accompanying cover story, "The Root of the Negro Problem" that features an extensive conversation with Baldwin about race relations.
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James Baldwin
News about James Baldwin, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. There are a lot of references to Baldwin, so you my have to do some digging to find what you are looking for, but it is worth the effort! You can access a quick list of links to Baldwin related articles, reviews, and excerpts here.
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James Baldwin
You can listen to a series lectures given by Baldwin at the University of California at Berkeley as well as a debate between Baldwin and William F. Buckley and an interview with the author.
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Niebuhr and James Baldwin
Reinhold Niebuhr and James Baldwin are interviewed in the wake of the "Birmingham Tragedy," the murder of four African American children in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.
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Celebrating 80 Years of James Baldwin
This 2004 installment of the The Tavis Smiley Show celebrates the 80th birthday of James Baldwin.
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James Baldwin, Taking a Hard Look at History
Appearance by Baldwin on Henry Lyman's public radio program Poems to a Listener that aired on WFCR in Amherst, MA. Lyman and Baldwin discuss "Staggerlee Wonders," covering Baldwin's views on race, politics and the dispossessed. Note: flagged for language
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Paying Tribute to James Baldwin
Farah Jasmine Griffin, professor of English and comparative literature and African-American studies at Columbia University, profiles James Baldwin as one of her list of the six most influential African-American authors of all time.
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An Author's Companion in Rage, Exile and Return
Author Eboo Patel reflects on Baldwin's The Fire Next Time. Includes an excerpt from the work.
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James Baldwin
Text of Baldwin's "A Talk to Teachers" first published in The Saturday Review, December 21, 1963
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