LoC Blog: This Day in History - James Baldwin

James Baldwin was born 93 years ago today, on August 2, 1924, in New York City. His many novels include his first, “Go Tell It on the Mountain” (1953), considered an American classic. He was also a poet and a playwright, but he is most well known and remembered as an essayist and social critic. ... [mehr] http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2017/08/this-day-in-history-james-baldwin/