An article from an unknown source, written by James Neff, covering James Baldwin's teaching at Bowling Green State University. The article in particular details a class session with Baldwin, drums out several widely known frustrations of the author, including his views on the Civil Rights Movement…
Darryl Pinckney's review in theNew York Review of Books of James Baldwin's novel "Just Above My Head". Pinckney succeeds in identifying Baldwin's "obsessions," including Harlem, the church, homosexuality, and "the social and political outrage that has inspired all of his work."
Photographs of James Baldwin interacting with peers at an unidentified event.
Photographs of James Baldwin lecturing to students at Bowling Green State University.
An article in the Bowling Green State University Monitor on James Baldwin's teaching at BGSU. Baldwin states, "I had to feel my way. It was something I had never done before. I wouldn't be doing it if I didn't care about the students. We learned something from each other."
A bibliography of books authored and co-authored by James Baldwin, released by The Dial Press.
A tribute to James Baldwin written by Dr. Ernest A. Champion on the occasion of Baldwin's death in 1987. Dr. Champion discusses Baldwin's importance as a writer and remembers Baldwin's tenure as a writer-in-residence and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Bowling Green State University's…
Copy of James Baldwin's "Dark Days" article from the October 1980 issue of Esquire magazine.
Article in the Toledo Blade about James Baldwin teaching at Bowling Green State University.
Newspaper article on James Baldwin and Kiyo Kitahara being awarded Honorary Doctorate degrees from Bowling Green State University.
An article in Cleveland's The Plain Dealer on James Baldwin lecturing at Bowling Green State University, including some questions posed to Baldwin by students.
An interview with James Baldwin in The Black Collegian.