James Baldwin
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Make Toni Morrison, James Baldwin required reading for the next generation
Even with a writer like Shakespeare’s immense impact on the world, should it still be required?
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Noname uses ‘Song 33’ to remind us she has her own weight to carry
New song responds to J. Cole using ‘Snow on Tha Bluff’ to tell her how she can help him
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In Dave Chappelle’s ‘8:46’ lives the spirit of James Baldwin
Chappelle’s surprise special is a necessary examination of America, and himself
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‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ is a heart-stopping, world-shifting romance
The first movie adaptation of James Baldwin’s fiction establishes Barry Jenkins as one of America’s finest architects of on-screen intimacy
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New film star KiKi Layne of ‘Beale Street’? Yes, we love her
In this film, the innocence of black love in some ways counters the criminalization of blackness
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Oscar-winning director of ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ was a prep running back who went to FSU — as a film student
Barry Jenkins loves his Liberty City, Florida, high school
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New documentary shows us that Lorraine Hansberry of ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ was one tough-minded woman
‘Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart’ portrays a ‘left-wing radical’ who spoke truth to power
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James Baldwin’s essential ‘The Fire Next Time’ gets an arty and brilliant makeover
With over 100 photos of the early civil rights movement and an introduction from Congressman John Lewis, this book is a collectors’ item
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Daily Dose: 4/14/17
James Baldwin’s papers find new home in Harlem