James Baldwin (Greenwich Village)
James Baldwin (1924 - 1987)
The great American writer James Baldwin lived in an apartment here from 1958 through 1961. The power and eloquence of Baldwin’s varied works impacted ideas about race, class, sexuality, and morality, and played an important role in the civil rights movement. The Village is reflected in the bestselling novel “Another Country,” which he worked on while residing here.
Location: 81 Horatio Street
Submitted by The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
- james baldwin
- horatio street
- greenwich village historic district
- nyc
- new york city
- another country
- giovanni's room
- the fire next time
- go tell it on the mountain
- notes of a native son
- nobody knows my name
- i am not your negro
- medgar evers
- malcolm x
- martin luther king
- jr.
- richard wright
- william f. buckley
- nina simone
- langston hughes
- lorraine hansberry
- maya angelou
- toni morrison
- beauford delaney
- richard avedon
- marlon brando
- harry belafonte
- sidney poitier
- josephine baker
- miles davis
- ray charles
- yves montand
- robert kennedy
- john f. kennedy
- 20th century american expatriates in france
- american civil rights movement
- american civil rights activists
- american gay rights movement
- 1963 march on washington for jobs and freedom
- 1965 selma-to-montgomery voting rights march
- 20th-century african-american writers
- gay poets and writers in nyc in the 20th century
- 20th century greenwich village arts scene
- harlem renaissance