James Arthur Baldwin was an African-American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son, explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America, and their inevitable if unnameable tensions.

James Baldwin

Acting Born August 2, 1924 – Died December 1, 1987 Harlem, New York, USA

James Arthur Baldwin was an African-American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His essays, as collected in Notes of a Native Son, explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th-century America, and their inevitable if unnameable tensions.

Known For

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

World in Action

Explained

Self (archive footage)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

I Am Not Your Negro

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Kennedy for President

Self (archive footage)

The New Yorker at 100

Self (archive footage)

SOUL!

Madonna: Madame X

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Public Speaking

Self (archive footage)

The Statue of Liberty

Self - Writer

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)