We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Writer, poet and activist James Baldwin (1924-1987) was one of the leading literary voices of the civil rights movement.

As protests continued on U.S. university campuses in late April 2024, a quote attributed to the writer James Baldwin began to circulate on social media. X user @labeautenoire_3 reshared a post about ...

James Baldwin Review is delighted to present a special section dedicated to chronicling and demonstrating Baldwin’s direct involvement in the civil rights movement. On tours for the Congress of Racial ...

This year, the world celebrates what would have been James Baldwin’s 100th birthday. The author and political activist’s writings on race relations, human rights and equality still resonate to this ...

James Baldwin would have celebrated his 100th birthday Friday — on Aug. 2. On NPR and elsewhere, you can find deep examinations of his legacy – as everything from an orator, a fashion icon, to civil ...

When James Baldwin landed in Los Angeles in mid-February of 1968 to continue work on a Malcolm X screenplay for Columbia Pictures, his arrival caused something of a media sensation. It also attracted ...

An exploration of the long arc of Baldwin’s career, on what would have been the 100th birthday of the author of “Giovanni’s Room” and “The Fire Next Time.” Credit...Bettmann Archive, via Getty Images ...