James Baldwin: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Biographical and critical works include Louis H. Pratt, James Baldwin (1978); James Campbell, Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin (1991); David Leeming, James Baldwin (1994); Therman B. O’Daniel (ed.), James Baldwin: A Critical Evaluation (1977); Fred L. Standley and Nancy V. Burt (eds.), Critical Essays on James Baldwin (1988); Horace A. Porter, Stealing the Fire: The Art and Protest of James Baldwin (1989); and Nicholas Boggs, Baldwin: A Love Story (2025).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: CBC - Author James Baldwin on being Black in America in 1960. | Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jul 29, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - James Baldwin. | Jun 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - CLASSIC LNL: James Baldwin and the FBI. | Jan 06, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 27, 2025 | ||
| Revised photo captions and updated the bibliography. | Sep 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - James Baldwin's Fire. | Aug 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - James Baldwin vs. William F. Buckley, Jr. for the Soul of America (PDF). | Mar 01, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - �He craved an Oscar�: James Baldwin�s long campaign to crack Hollywood. | May 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chicago Public Library - Biography of James Baldwin. | Apr 18, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 14, 2024 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Jan 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Black History in America - James Baldwin. | Oct 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of African American History and Culture - An Introduction to James Baldwin. | Apr 26, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Jan 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - James Baldwin. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - James Baldwin. | Oct 20, 2022 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article. | Aug 26, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Poets.org - Biography of James Baldwin. | Feb 01, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackHistoryNow - Biography of James Baldwin. | Jun 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast - Biography of James Baldwin. | Jun 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of James Baldwin. | Jun 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Amercian Society of Authors and Writers - Biography of James Baldwin. | Jun 03, 2014 | ||
| Added "James Arthur Baldwin" as a title variant. | Feb 17, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of James Baldwin. | Jan 16, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Writers - Biography of James Baldwin. | Oct 20, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: The European Graduate School - Biography of James Baldwin. | Oct 20, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of James Baldwin. | Sep 21, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of James Baldwin. | Sep 21, 2011 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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