Celebrating 100 Years of James Baldwin
This year, we will be celebrating 100 years of James Baldwin. Novelist, essayist, and social critic James Baldwin was born …
Remembering James Baldwin on His Birthday
James Baldwin was born in Harlem on August 2, 1924. Baldwin wrote many novels but he was also a poet …
James Baldwin Was Born on This Day in 1924
Novelist, essayist, and social critic James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, in Harlem. At 14, he was in …
“I Have a Dream” 54 Years Later
A crowd of more than 200,000 people assembled at Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, for the “March on Washington …
The Gospel According to Literacy
The following excerpt is from Rhea Estelle Lathan鈥檚 Freedom Writing: African American Civil Rights Literacy Activism, 1955鈥�1967, the latest …