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James Baldwin having a drink with his brother, David Baldwin, at a Broadway bar
©1965 

(image credit: Bob Adelman)

James Baldwin having a drink with his brother, David Baldwin, at a Broadway bar ©1965. Photo by Bob Adelman)

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James Baldwin and Lena Horne

James Baldwin and Lena Horne.

James Baldwin and Nina Simone circa 1960s. Via the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. 

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CABO DE FORMENTOR, Spain—James Baldwin at a writer’s congress, 1962.

© Marc Riboud / Magnum Photos

James Baldwin at a writer’s congress in Spain, 1962.

James Baldwin with Langston Hughes and Ralph Ellison at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958.

James Baldwin in Harlem, 1963. Photo by Steve Schapiro.

James Baldwin in Paris, 1975. He was born on this day in 1924 in Harlem. Photo by Sophie Bassouls.

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Author James Baldwin in Germany, 1972 

James Baldwin, civil rights activist and author of such works as “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” “The Fire Next Time” and “Notes of a Native Son,” signs autographs for young admirers at Ludwigsburg High School.

(image credit: Regis Bossu/Stars and Stripes)

James Baldwin signing autographs for fans at Ludwigsburg High School in Germany, 1972.

VBG Men: Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes and James Baldwin at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958.