James Baldwin

Author 28 / Writer 2 · 1882 – 1999 · 🎬 2 📖 28

James Arthur Baldwin was an American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems. His 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain has been ranked by Time magazine as one of the top 100 English-language novels. His 1955 essay collection Notes of a Native Son helped establish his reputation as a voice for human equality. His 1965 debate with William Buckley is regarded as one of the most influential debates on race in the United States. Baldwin was an influential public figure and orator, especially during the civil rights movement in the United States.

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Highlights

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience

1999

Where the Heart Is

1998

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

1993

Frequent Collaborators

William Faulkner

William Faulkner

5 shared

John Steinbeck

5 shared

Nathaniel Hawthorne

5 shared

Bernard Malamud

Bernard Malamud

5 shared

John Updike

5 shared

Katherine Anne Porter

4 shared

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🎬 Movies

Where the Heart Is

writer

1998

Malcolm X

Malcolm X

writer

1993

📖 Books

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience

author

1999

Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience

Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience

author

1989

Best Short Stories -- Advanced Level

Best Short Stories -- Advanced Level

author

1980

Just Above My Head

Just Above My Head

author

1979

The Devil Finds Work

The Devil Finds Work

author

1976

Little Man, Little Man

Little Man, Little Man

author

1976

If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

author

1974

Achievements in Fiction

Achievements in Fiction

author

1971

Tell me how long the train's been gone

Tell me how long the train's been gone

author

1968

Fifty Best American Short Stories

Fifty Best American Short Stories

author

1965

Going to Meet the Man

Going to Meet the Man

author

1965

Blues For Mister Charlie

Blues For Mister Charlie

author

1964

Another Country

Another Country

author

1962

The fire next time

The fire next time

author

1962

Giovanni's Room

Giovanni's Room

author

1956

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain

author

1952

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition

author

1952

Fifty Famous People, a Book of Short Stories

Fifty Famous People, a Book of Short Stories

author

1912

Thirty more famous stories retold

Thirty more famous stories retold

author

1905

Hero Tales

Hero Tales

author

1904

Barnes's elementary history of the United States told in biographies

Barnes's elementary history of the United States told in biographies

author

1903

The wonder-book of horses

The wonder-book of horses

author

1903

Four Great Americans

Four Great Americans

author

1897

Fifty Famous Stories Retold

author

1896

Fifty Famous Stories Retold

Fifty Famous Stories Retold

author

1896

The horse fair

The horse fair

author

1895

Six centuries of English poetry

Six centuries of English poetry

author

1892

The Story of Siegfried

The Story of Siegfried

author

1882

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