Literature
James Baldwin
1924 – 1987
Born in Harlem. Author of Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, Giovanni's Room, The Fire Next Time, and If Beale Street Could Talk. The conscience of mid-century American letters and one of the most penetrating analysts of American identity and power.
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