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James Baldwin : novelist and critic

Call Number

  • 921 B1816RE TEEN (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York, NY : Enslow Publishing, 2020.

Physical Description

104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Audience

Grades 7-12.

Summary

"James Baldwin was an outspoken advocate for social justice and equality for Black people in America. He lent a creative and powerful voice to the Civil Rights struggle of the 1960s and brilliantly critiqued the problems of race in the 20th century. Through his novels, plays, poetry and essays, Baldwin urged the world to understand and appreciate the humanity and complexity of his fellow African Americans"--

Contents

  • Early years
  • Young adulthood
  • Expatriate life
  • Baldwin's literature
  • Career takes off
  • Civil rights chapter
  • Baldwin's later years
  • Baldwin's legacy.