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Library of America ; 98Baldwin, James
Summary: First published in 1963, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America's so-called "Negro problem." As remarkable for its masterful prose as for its frank and personal account of the black experience in the United States, it is considered one of the most passionate and influential explorations of 1960s race relations, weaving thematic threads of love, faith, and family into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taschen 2019
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Summary: The story of the friendship between writer Baldwin and editor Stein describes the early days of their life-long companionship in their North Bronx high school and their shared literary endeavors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 BALBaldwin, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1985
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Summary: In a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his body in the weeds. With this act of violence--which is loosely based on the notorious 1955 killing of Emmett Till--Baldwin launches an unsparing and at times agonizing probe of the wounds of race. For where once a white storekeeper could have shot a "boy" like Richard Henry with impunity, times have changed. And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage International 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.54 BaldwBaldwin, James
Summary: Complete collection of major nonfiction writings by author James Baldwin, composed between 1948 and 1985, providing his perceptions of the twentieth century black American experience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's/Marek 1985
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Contents: Notes of a native son -- Nobody knows my name -- The fire next time -- No name in the street -- The devil finds work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1998
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Summary: At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.896 BALBaldwin, James
Summary: At once a powerful evocation of his childhood in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, The Fire Next Time, which galvanized the nation in the early days of the Civil Rights movement, stands as one of the essential works of our literature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1995
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 BALBaldwin, James
Summary: The story of John, a fourteen-year-old boy whose stepfather is a Pentecostal minister in Harlem in 1935, as he struggles to discover his own identity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage International 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION BALBaldwin, James
Summary: Transcript of the documentary film, I am not your negro, by Raoul Peck composed of unpublished and published writings, interviews, and letters by James Baldwin on the subject of racism in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2017
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Summary: "Baldwin's critique of American society at the height of the civil rights movement brings his prescient thoughts on social isolation, race, and police brutality to a new generation of readers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2021
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Summary: A treasury of essays, articles, and reviews by the late author includes pieces that explore such topics as religious fundamentalism, Russian literature, and the possibility of an African-American president.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2010