Jun 4, 2025 · Discover powerful James Baldwin poems that explore love, race, identity, and truth. Find timeless, thought-provoking verses from one of literature’s greatest voices.

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His essays, collected in particular in Notes of a Native Son, (1955), Nobody Knows My Name, (1961) and The Fire Next Time, (1963), explore the unsaid and the underlying tensions around racial, …

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From Jimmy’s Blues and Other Poems by James Baldwin (Beacon Press, 2014). Copyright © 2014 The James Baldwin Estate. Used by permission of Beacon Press.

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James Baldwin's poetry offers a unique and deeply personal perspective on the complex issues of race, identity, and love. His words are a call to action and a challenge to societal norms, urging readers to …