Person · 1924–1987
James Baldwin
The novelist and essayist whose searing, lyrical prose made him the conscience of America on race and sexuality.
A towering voice of [[black-literature]].
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" to "The Fire Next Time," James Baldwin wrote with a moral clarity that few have matched, dissecting American racism and the inner lives it scarred. He was both a literary master and a movement intellectual.