The Influence Of James Baldwin On Racism

“The face of a lover is unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself”.-James Baldwin Writer James Baldwin, born August 2, 1924 in Harlem, New York was a novelist and playwright. People called James a hero because James emerged as one of the lead voice for African American losing their jobs and racism. James was a sophisticated young writer. James wrote one of the top selling essays about how he felt about the rascal cause to African American. While James was writing books he also contributes in writing numerous poems, short stories, and played in the magazine. James also was a youth minister at his church at Harlem Pentecostal church from the age 14-16. “When one begins to live by habit and by quotation one has begun to stop living”-James Baldwin. James became a hero was because he spoke or lead his voice for African American for their lose jobs, and racism. Baldwin’s rascal essay was one of the top writers of all time. James emerged as one of the leading voice in the civil rights movement for his compelling work on racism. The reason why he wrote the essay for his feeling of racism was so that it can educate the White
James had written numerous poems, short stories, and played in the magazines. James did these things to admire those who were the same race as him and to teach those that every person can become or accomplish things in life that is never expected. James chose to write poems, short stories or novels, and played in the magazines because he wanted to express his thoughts in writing and playwright. James first novel was Go Tell It on the Mountain, published 1953. “Mountain is the book I had to write if I was ever going to write anything else. I had to deal above all with my father, James said”. The book was about his father that he never knew and his religion. James also wrote a book about his homosexuality, then-taboo, Pentecostal