![]() ![]() At every turn, Baldwin experienced discrimination when at restaurants and bars, and he was eventually fired from a job in New Jersey where he laid railroad tracks for the U.S. In his novels “Another Country,” which was published in 1962, and “Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone” (1968), his writing explored themes of sexual identity as well as race.Īfter graduating from high school, Baldwin worked odd jobs to support his family. With a daring pen and the desire to see the world differently, Baldwin wrote stories that spoke to the underdog in many forms. 13, 1955, by photographer Carl Van Vechten. This portrait of author James Baldwin was taken Sept.
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