by James Baldwin

Harlem Renaissance
This site contains multiple resources for the study of the Harlem Renaissance, including links to select Poetry and Prose, as well as Painters, of the Harlem Renaissance. After reading the opening page and browsing the resources, address the following question in your Web Links Activity Log: How did the Harlem Renaissance get its name? What does the name imply or say about the movement?

James Baldwin: An Appreciation
John Stevenson wrote this article on Baldwin for the Boston Book Review. Read the article to find out details about Baldwin's motivations and concerns as a writer. In the Web Links Activity Log record your thoughts about one of Stevenson's main points--that Baldwin a writer who was "very much of his time."