Happy 91st Birthday James Baldwin

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Today is the 91st birthday of the poet James Baldwin.  The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.

NAME: James Baldwin
OCCUPATION: Writer
BIRTH DATE: August 2, 1924
DEATH DATE: December 1, 1987
EDUCATION: The New School, DeWitt Clinton High School
PLACE OF BIRTH: Harlem, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: Saint-Paul de Vence, France

BEST KNOWN FOR: James Baldwin was an essayist, playwright and novelist regarded as a highly insightful, iconic writer with works like The Fire Next Time and Another Country.

Writer and playwright James Baldwin was born August 2, 1924, in Harlem, New York. One of the 20th century’s greatest writers, Baldwin broke new literary ground with the exploration of racial and social issues in his many works. He was especially well known for his essays on…

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