"In 1970 James Baldwin and Margaret Mead met for an extraordinary seven-and-a-half-hour discussion about race and society. Mead brought her knowledge of racism as practiced in remote societies around ...

On the centennial year of the birth of writer and orator James Baldwin, we listen to sections of the legendary 1965 televised debate between Baldwin and conservative William F. Buckley. This week ...

American author James Baldwin (1924-1987) during an interview at the Whitehall Hotel in Bloomsbury Square, London. (Photo by Jenkins/Getty Images) In Baldwin’s exploration of race and identity, he ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) James Baldwin remains one of the most essential voices in American literature and cultural commentary. His works, spanning fiction, essays, and plays, delve deeply into themes of ...

Who did James Baldwin love and how did those relationships shape his work? Author and scholar Nicholas Boggs set out to ...

James Baldwin is one of the most celebrated American writers of the 20th century. He wrote novels, essays, short stories, poetry, and even a screenplay. He's best known for his affecting prose, his ...

This week marks 100 years since the birth of James Baldwin. His first novel, "Go Tell It On The Mountain," is still on shelves. It was the story of a teenager growing up in Harlem during the Great ...

In Baldwin’s exploration of race and identity, he went beyond politics to examine racism’s psychological and spiritual effects on both the oppressor and the oppressed. He wrote about sexuality and ...