James Baldwin
Jermaine Gipson
Jame Baldwin "Quotes"
- Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
- Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
- Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
- I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
- People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.
Why Is James Baldwin Important ?
- Writer and playwright James Baldwin was born August 2, 1924, in Harlem, New York.
- One of the 20th century's greatest writers, Baldwin broke new literary ground with the exploration of racial and social issues in his many works.
- He was especially well known for his essays on the black experience in America.
Facts About James Baldwin
- A novelist and essayist of considerable renown, Baldwin found readers of every race and nationality, though his message reflected bitter disappointment in his native land and its white majority.
- Throughout his distinguished career Baldwin called himself a “disturber of the peace”—one who revealed uncomfortable truths to a society mired in complacency.
- Baldwin’s greatest achievement as a writer was his ability to address American race relations from a psychological perspective.
- James Arthur Baldwin was born and raised in Harlem under extremely trying circumstances. The oldest of nine children, he grew up in an environment of rigorous religious observance and dire poverty.
Born August 2, 1924, in New York; died of stomach cancer December 1, 1987, in St. Paul de Vence, France; son of David (a clergyman and factory worker) and Berdis (Jones) Baldwin.Education: Graduate of De Witt Clinton High School, New York, NY.
James Baldwin Bio
- Born: August 2, 1924, Harlem, New York City
- Died: December 1, 1987, Saint Paul de Vence, France
- Influenced by: Malcolm X, Richard Wright, Henry James, Beauford Delaney, Miles Davis, Elia Kazan
- Short stories: Sonny's Blues, The Rockpile, More
- Education: DeWitt Clinton High School, The New School
- Movies: Where the Heart Is, Go Tell It on the Mountain
- James Arthur Baldwin was an African American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic.
More Information On James Baldwin
- Although he spent a great deal of his life abroad, James Baldwin always remained a quintessentially American writer.
- In numerous essays, novels, plays and public speeches, the eloquent voice of James Baldwin spoke of the pain and struggle of black Americans and the saving power of brotherhood.
- James Baldwin — the grandson of a slave — was born in Harlem in 1924.