James Baldwin

Even with a writer like Shakespeare’s immense impact on the world, should it still be required?

New song responds to J. Cole using ‘Snow on Tha Bluff’ to tell her how she can help him

Chappelle’s surprise special is a necessary examination of America, and himself

The first movie adaptation of James Baldwin’s fiction establishes Barry Jenkins as one of America’s finest architects of on-screen intimacy

In this film, the innocence of black love in some ways counters the criminalization of blackness

Barry Jenkins loves his Liberty City, Florida, high school

‘Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart’ portrays a ‘left-wing radical’ who spoke truth to power

With over 100 photos of the early civil rights movement and an introduction from Congressman John Lewis, this book is a collectors’ item

James Baldwin’s papers find new home in Harlem

‘I Am Not Your Negro’ serves as a braking mechanism for a Tilt-A-Whirl of self-delusion