James Baldwin said, “We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” It wasn't James Baldwin who said this, ...

Writer and activist James Baldwin played a pivotal role in championing black and queer rights in America. Born August 2, 1924, in New York City, Baldwin published essays, novels, plays, reviews, and ...

The Weisman Art Museum screened the 1989 documentary “James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket” from Feb. 21-28 in their Target Studio Gallery. The film is a celebration of Baldwin, despite his public ...

Years ago, when I published an essay referring to James Baldwin—born a century ago this year—as “the greatest of all African-American writers,” a friend called me on the claim. Was Baldwin really ...

February is Black History Month and to celebrate, Google is honoring American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin with Thursday's Google Doodle. Baldwin, regarded as one of America's most ...

On April 30, 2024, a post on X (archived) purported to cite U.S. author James Baldwin writing about outside parties leading Black Americans to protest. The quote read: When the South has trouble with ...

Feb. 1 (UPI) --Thursday's Google Doodle honored writer and civil-rights activist James Baldwin on the 26th anniversary of the posthumous publication of his book, James Baldwin: Collected Essays, and ...

In late August 2024, a quote attributed to American civil rights activist and writer James Baldwin spread on X. The full quotation (archived), which also appeared on LinkedIn, read: But the state of ...

James Baldwin — a friend of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X — is widely celebrated as a civil rights activist, a writer of forceful essays and an eloquent speaker. But his passion was for ...

In the first major biography of James Baldwin in over three decades, Nicholas Boggs presents an intimate portrait shaped by the people who inspired him. Boggs traces four of Baldwin's transformative ...