James Baldwin , photo by Carl Van Vechten
                            
                        
                        
1955                        
                        
                            by Carl Van Vechten
 from Washington, DC,  United States                        
                        
Photography and Film
                        
                        
                        
                                Van Vechten Collection, Library of Congress
                        
                        
                        
                                Van Vechten Collection, Library of Congress
                        
                            
                                James Baldwin's novels  include "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and his essays include "Notes Of a Native Son".  His was an impassioned voice for Civil Rights .
                            
                            
                                James Baldwin was a writer who has greatly influenced the Civil Rights movement in the United States
                             
                        
                        
                            
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