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3 days ago · James Baldwin was born in New York City on August 2, 1924, and his centenary invites celebration of the work of one of the 20th century’s key voices. A prolific author, his essays, novels and plays are amongst the most searing documents of the African American freedom struggle.
6 hours ago · FORMER police officer and dispatcher James "Jamie" Harold Baldwin Jr. was arrested, convicted, and found guilty of murdering his wife in December 2016. Judy Orr Baldwin's tragic death and Jamie Baldwin Jr.'s attempted cover-up are the subject of a true crime exposé on Dateline , airing new footage from the classic case on Saturday, July 6, 2024, at 10 pm ET on NBC and streaming on Peacock .
2 days ago · The murder of Judy Orr Baldwin, whose death initially seemed accidental, was a sinister plot orchestrated by her husband, James Baldwin. The husband initially claimed Judy died in a fatal car ...
2 days ago · Novelist, essayist, and social critic James Baldwin was born on August 2, 1924, in Harlem. At 14, he was in training to become a Pentecostal preacher, but by 17 he had become disillusioned with Christianity.
3 days ago · Meshell Ndegeocello has released the inspiriting new single “Love,” the second song to be revealed from her forthcoming Blue Note album No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin, a striking homage to the eminent writer and activist James Baldwin to be released Aug. 2 on his Centennial.
3 days ago · Sophie and Andrew pretend to read French while discussing Baldwin’s legacy, literary vs pop fiction, mystery structure in novels, literary style, short books, Baldwin’s larger impacts on the culture and more. *LINKS* Support Heavy Bored on Patreon for More:
3 days ago · Performer and theatre maker Travis Alabanza, theatre, film and TV actress Sarah Niles, and fashion designer Nicholas Daley join Words of Colour's executive director Joy Francis to discuss James Baldwin’s celebrated image, his timeless sartorial style, the intersection of fashion and literature, and the reality of fashioning identities to, in Baldwin’s words, ‘belong to yourself’.
