The exhibit, 'Know Whence You Came: James Baldwin, Public Intellectual," includes uncorrected proofs, rare novel editions, play scripts, and magazine and newspaper interviews. A lifetime’s worth of ...

A rare collection of James Baldwin’s literary works can now be explored by the public in a new exhibit at the Carl A. Kroch Library on the campus of Cornell University. Titled “Know Whence You Came: ...

James Baldwin, New York City, 1975. Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images. In an effusive letter addressed to James Baldwin in September of 1961, Martin Luther King, Jr. praises Baldwin for his voice ...

Join us as we host Tulani Salahu-Din and discuss James Baldwin's collection in the Transcription Center and in exhibition at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Most of Baldwin’s letters are kept in New York City’s Schomburg Center for Research in ...

On what would have been his one-hundredth birthday, the words of James Baldwin stand stronger than ever. The New York City-born writer and civil rights activist held a powerful presence throughout the ...

August marks a hundred years since the birth of one of America's greatest writers - James Baldwin, grandson of a slave, citizen of Harlem, Paris and the world. He wrote bold novels - "Go Tell It On ...

Had he not died in 1987, James Baldwin would be 100 on Aug. 2. This represents a marketing opportunity for publishers holding rights to Baldwin's material. On June 18, Vintage Books published deluxe ...