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James Baldwin (The Sixties in America)
Early Life
Born in New York City’s Harlem, James Arthur Baldwin began to preach when he was fourteen and planned to enter the clergy. Upon graduation from high school in 1942, he became a railroad hand in Belle Meade, New Jersey. Moving to New York City’s Greenwich Village in 1944, he met the writer Richard Wright, who encouraged him in his writing. Wright recommended him for the Eugene Saxton Fellowship in 1945. Receiving this fellowship enabled Baldwin to continue work on his novel, In...
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Acting Styles (Topical Overview--Drama) -
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Staging and Production (Topical Overview--Drama) -
African American Long Fiction (Topical Overview--Long Fiction) -
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