James Baldwin is a black American writer from Harlem, NY.
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Birth
August 2
Harlem, NY
Known For
1953 - Go Tell it On the Mountain
1955 - Notes of a Native Son
1956 - Giovanni's Room
1961 - Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes from a Native Son
1962 - Another Country
1963 - The Fire Next Time
1965 - Going to Meet the Man
1968 - Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
1974 - If Beale Street Could Talk