PROSPECT HEIGHTS — DURING THE CENTENNIAL OF AUTHOR JAMES BALDWIN’S BIRTH, the Brooklyn Public Library presents “Turkey Saved My Life: Baldwin in Istanbul, 1961-1971,” a landmark exhibition featuring ...

NEW YORK-- James Baldwin, one of Harlem's most legendary literary icons, would have turned 100 on Friday. In celebration, the New York Public Library unveiled new exhibits honoring Baldwin's legacy. A ...

The exhibit, 'Know Whence You Came: James Baldwin, Public Intellectual," includes uncorrected proofs, rare novel editions, play scripts, and magazine and newspaper interviews. A lifetime’s worth of ...

James Baldwin, one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the 20th century, is remembered this year as the world commemorates the centennial birthday of The Icon—prolific author, poet, ...

In 1965, in the packed Cambridge Union Society in London, James Baldwin, a voice of the civil rights movement, debated the commentator William F. Buckley, who was skeptical of the cause. The motion: ...

The Fourth Annual James Baldwin Festival Of Words will celebrate "black excellence in literary arts" with a full day focused on "Literacy and Our Youth." The event will be held on Saturday, Aug. 23, ...

The Princeton University community is marking Black History Month in a range of events this February as well as through educational programs and resources that are available year-round. Visitors to ...

Had he not died in 1987, James Baldwin would be 100 on Aug. 2. This represents a marketing opportunity for publishers holding rights to Baldwin's material. On June 18, Vintage Books published deluxe ...

James Baldwin was born 100 years ago, on Aug. 2, 1924, in Harlem Hospital. He wrote in 1955, “I love America more than any other country in this world and exactly for this reason, I insist on the ...

Cleveland writer Quartez Harris (right) wrote "Go Tell It" with illustrations by Gordon C. James. The book details James Baldwin's early years in Harlem and his love for reading. “Go Tell It” opens ...

American author James Baldwin (1924-1987) during an interview at the Whitehall Hotel in Bloomsbury Square, London. (Photo by Jenkins/Getty Images) In Baldwin’s exploration of race and identity, he ...