Discover the story of young James Baldwin in this ode to the legendary writer and the power of the written word--with exquisite prose from acclaimed poet Quartez Harris, and breathtaking illustrations ...

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Sabrina Nelson, “Saints” (2016) (all images courtesy the artist and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History) DETROIT — Even 100 years after his birth, the words of writer and civil ...

August marks a hundred years since the birth of one of America's greatest writers - James Baldwin, grandson of a slave, citizen of Harlem, Paris and the world. He wrote bold novels - "Go Tell It On ...

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: ...

The Fourth Annual James Baldwin Festival Of Words will celebrate "black excellence in literary arts" with a full day focused on "Literacy and Our Youth." The event will be held on Saturday, Aug. 23, ...

Kyle Bass’ short intense play “Citizen James, or the Young Man Without a Country” brings James Baldwin to vivid life, not by chronicling his long list of achievements in the 1950s, ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s ...