James Baldwin Audio & Video

At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the onsequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic, James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil rights movement with his eloquent manifesto. The Fire Next Time stands as one of the essential works of our literature.

First published in 1962, this is an emotionally intense novel of love, hatred, race, and liberal America in the 1960s, taking on the then-taboo themes of interracial couples, bisexuality, and extramarital affairs.

Set in the 1950's Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality....

At last, a new audio edition of the book many have called James Baldwin's most influential work!

In this hour long TV program from 1962, Professor Kenneth Clark interviews Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin about the African American community and dealing with racism in the United States.

Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and flood of rich archival material.

Moving through time from the rural South to the northern ghetto, Baldwin chronicles a 14-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity....

Mr. Baldwin talked about the civil rights movement, the mistaken worship of innocence and immaturity, the interdependent connections of the world, the U.S. guilt from taking Native American lands, and other topics. He also responded to questions submitted by audience members.

A speech by Baldwin at the Community Church in N.Y. Baldwin points out that his title is really a metaphor. The struggle to become human beings is not the sole province of the artist, it is universal.

Legendary writer James Baldwin is the author of modern classics such as "Notes of a Native Son," "Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone," and "Go Tell It On the Mountain." Here, Baldwin delivers a lecture and has a "rap" session with students at an event at Lehigh University.