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James Arthur Baldwin (né Jones; August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an African-American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems. His 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain has been ranked by Time magazine as one of the top 100 English-language novels . [ 1 ]
Baldwin returned to the United States in 1957, drawn by the growing intensity of the civil rights movement. He quickly became a leading voice known for his passion and eloquence.
The meeting became antagonistic and the group reached no consensus. The black delegation generally felt that Kennedy did not understand the full extent of racism in the United States. Ultimately the meeting demonstrated the urgency of the racial situation and was a positive turning point in Kennedy's attitude towards the Civil Rights Movement.
Ella Baker, civil rights activist; James Baldwin, civil rights activist, novelist, playwright [5] Marion Barry, civil rights activist, politician; Daisy Bates, civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, lecturer; Carl Bean, AIDS/HIV and LGBT activist and minister; Arekia Bennett, voting rights activist; Mary McLeod Bethune, civil rights ...
James Baldwin, an influential African American writer and activist, and William F. Buckley, a leading conservative intellectual, debated the motion, "The American dream is at the expense of the American Negro." The proposition, led by Baldwin, won by a landslide majority of 380, with the 'Ayes' receiving 544 votes to the 'Noes' 164.
On April 15, 1947, Robinson became the first African American to play for a Major League Baseball team. ... Claudette Colvin is a civil rights activist and retired nurse aide from Montgomery ...
The author and activist ... the Black American painter who was also Baldwin ... political and erotic aspects of these relationships and their impact on Baldwin’s work, the civil rights movement ...
Human rights; Post-civil rights era in African-American history; Civil rights movement in popular culture; List of black films of the 2010s; Black Lives Matter; If Beale Street Could Talk - both the novel and 2018 Oscar-winning adaptation directed by Barry Jenkins