On the centennial year of the birth of writer and orator James Baldwin, we listen to sections of the legendary 1965 televised debate between Baldwin and conservative William F. Buckley. This week ...

American author James Baldwin (1924-1987) during an interview at the Whitehall Hotel in Bloomsbury Square, London. (Photo by Jenkins/Getty Images) In Baldwin’s exploration of race and identity, he ...

This week marks 100 years since the birth of James Baldwin. His first novel, "Go Tell It On The Mountain," is still on shelves. It was the story of a teenager growing up in Harlem during the Great ...

In Baldwin’s exploration of race and identity, he went beyond politics to examine racism’s psychological and spiritual effects on both the oppressor and the oppressed. He wrote about sexuality and ...