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James Baldwin Childhood

James Baldwin was born James Arthur Jones in New York City in 1924
Had 8 younger siblings by stepfather, a mother and at age 3 a stepfather (new his last name), father unknown
His grandfather was a slave
Grew up in poverty in the ghetto, knew even then that he had to use his intelligence because it was "all he had to show off" due to his skin color
Experienced discrimination and religious fanaticism
Severely troubled relationship with stepfather, rivalry as preacher and rejection
Became a street preacher at 14 (fanatically religious) and discovered his passion for writing, turned away from the church after three years, which he saw as a mask
In his works partly used biblical language
At 18 he worked for a railroad in New Jearsey
After that he moved to Greenwich, wrote many book reviews
The famous author Richard Wright became aware of him and helped him secure a grant
Not only break with stepfather, also break with him as spiritual father

James Baldwin France (1)

came to France (severe poverty) at the age of 24 to write about it at a distance from the society of the United States, and because of strong racism in New York
Visited Switzerland after a nervous breakdown, especially Leukerbad, wrote his first novel there go tell it to the mountains, published in 1953, semi-autobiographical about growing up black
Has written two other books, both bestsellers

James Baldwin Return USA

Returned to the U.S. at age 33 to be part of the civil rights movement
Became the literary voice of the civil rights movement in the 1957 debate, esp. racism
Participated strongly in these debates, was friends with Martin Luther King JR
Was almost always optimistic that a solution could be found in the long run

James Baldwin France (2)

After the assassination of the and other friends, he went back to France, where he wrote if Beale Street could talk => 1974 Was described as bitter
Died of oesophageal cancer in France in 1987 at age 63

James Baldwin Influences

His works dealt with racism, homosexuality and bisexuality, relationships between people of different skin color
Music is an important component in many of his works, e.g. Beale Street is a famous song, had many musicians as guests.

Rezeptionsgeschichte

In the wake of the BLM movement, his works received renewed attention
If Beale Street could talk was made into a film, the actress of the mother received an Oscar

James Baldwin Erlebnisse Leukerbad

James Baldwin was the first black man to arrive in a Welsh village in the winter of 195
People knew him but didn't speak to him
They knew he was from America but thought blacks were from Africa
Children shouted the N-word in the streets
He came to work on his novel and he did it quietl
He doesn't think the kids meant it in a consciously racist way
They also dressed up as blacks at the carnival.

What was the civil rights movement?

The civil rights movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and
1960s for blacks to gain equal rights under the law in the United States
The Civil War had officially abolished slavery, but it didn't end discrimination against blacks—they continued to endure the devastating effects of racism, especially in the South
By the mid-20th century, African Americans had had more than enough of prejudice and violence against them. They, along with many whites, mobilized and began an unprecedented fight for equality that endured for two decades.