James Baldwin and William F. Buckley, Cambridge Debate. Baldwin’s speech that night wasn’t the typical Union address; it was more of a searing sermon on the perils of white supremacy for both ...

Before James Baldwin became James Baldwin the figure, before the televised debates, before the public speeches, he was a writer. Today marks 100 years since his birth.

In an effusive letter addressed to James Baldwin in September of 1961, Martin Luther King, Jr. praises Baldwin for his voice ...

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.

First released in 1989 and recently restored by the James Baldwin Project, the documentary blends archival footage, public speeches and interviews to accurately depict Baldwin’s life as a Black ...