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 Library on the campus of Cornell University. Titled “Know Whence You ...

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 ...

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Arguably, no writer has ever made that demand more forcefully, passionately, or eloquently than James Baldwin. More than 33 years since his death at age 63, Baldwin continues to give voice to our ...

Speaking in proposition was James Baldwin; in opposition, William F. Buckley. Baldwin’s speech that night wasn’t the typical Union address; it was more of a searing sermon on the perils of ...

New Takes on the classics. Throughout our centennial year, we’re revisiting notable works from the archive. Sign up to receive them directly in your inbox. The reputation of the writer James ...

So many privacies now unguarded. The late James Baldwin, who died on the first of December in 1987, provides endlessly. You think, poring over his letters, that you are getting to know him better ...

August marked the 100th birthday of James Baldwin, one of the most important authors in American history. The Brooklyn Public Library, like many cultural institutions, wanted to mark his centennial ...

“I can’t breathe,” James Baldwin told his assistant Zeynep Oral back in 1961, “I have to look from the outside.” Outside meant Istanbul, the city to which the American writer and civil ...

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.

PITTSFIELD — Writer and Civil Rights activist James Baldwin followed in the footsteps of Christ’s apostles, preaching a gospel that had the power to change the world. So believes writer Jamaica ...

Author’s note: This essay uses an offensive racial epithet in citing James Baldwin’s work. I choose to use it to underscore the important insight that Baldwin meant to convey by using this ...