Black American art and artists have historically been lauded as the first of its kind then imitated by or duplicated for White performers and audiences. However, with the realities of American racism ...

For lovers of Black literature, James Baldwin was one of the greatest. And while he was born in Harlem and influenced by the Civil Rights Movement, he produced some of his best work from the south of ...

In 1970, a British film crew set out to make a straightforward literary portrait of James Baldwin set in Paris, insisting on setting aside his political activism. Baldwin bristled at their questions, ...

The actor explains one of his biggest regrets and how it informed his approach to playing a character partly inspired by James Baldwin. In the late ’80s, Jeffrey Wright was finishing up his studies at ...

My mother’s book club didn’t try to take me to see James Baldwin lecture at the University of Puget Sound in 1987 because they thought he was “God’s black revolutionary mouth,” as Amiri Baraka called ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A color photograph depicting James ...

In the financial district of Manhattan, an A.I.-equipped typewriter, fueled by James Baldwin’s works, types back at you with answers to your questions.