James Baldwin
1924 – 1987

This is James Baldwin's
Life

Harlem-born writer who fled to Paris to find freedom and returned to witness the Civil Rights struggle. "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

3,287
Weeks Lived
19
Milestones
13
Memories

Life in Weeks

63 years · 3,276 weeks

25 documented moments
Harlem Born
Finding My Voice
Paris, Freedom
Witness to the Fire
Exile and Return
The Final Years
Birth
Teens
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s

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