Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1924-08-02 - 1987-12-01
Biography
James Baldwin was an American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
An Open Letter to My Sister, Miss Angela Davis, 1970-11-19
Item
Identifier: 2006.003.1.OVRSZ 1.5
Scope and Contents
Reprint of James Baldwin's letter to Angela Davis, initially appearing in New York Review of Books. "Dear Sister, One might have hoped that, buy this hour, the very sight of chains on black flesh, or the very sight of chains, would be so intolerable a sight for the American people, and so unbearable a memory, that they would themselves spontaneously rise up and strike off the manacles. But, no, they appear to glory in their chains; now, more than ever, they appear to measure their safety...
Dates:
1970-11-19
Another Country, Undated
File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.45
Scope and Contents
Ellmann's typescript titled "Statement on James Baldwin's Another Country".
Dates:
Undated
Baldwin, James, 1965
File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.4
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding Baldwin's book, Another Country; copy of a talk by Leon M. Despres, presented to the City Club of Chicago (5th Ward Citizens Committee).
Dates:
1965