Heritage – James Baldwin

James Arthur Baldwin was born August 2, 1924 in Harlem, New York
Novelist, essayist, activist, playwright, poet
Graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1942
Awarded Eugene F. Saxton Memorial Trust Award in 1945
Go Tell It on the Mountain published in 1953
The Amen Corner published in 1954
Notes of a Native Son published in 1955
Giovanni’s Room published in 1956
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son published in 1961
Another Country published in 1962
The Fire Next Time published in 1963
Awarded George Polk prize in 1963
No Name in the Street published in 1972
Professorship of Literature and Afro-American Studies at the Five College Network in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1983
La Légion D’Honneur, France’s highest honor, awarded by President François Mitterand in 1986
Died December 1, 1987 at the age of 67