This
paper explores the life and
works of writer James Baldwin while focusing on the novel "The Fire Next Time" which garnered the
author the cover of Time Magazine. Essentially a moralist, Baldwin has continually spoken out about
racism as a moral problem. This paper examines the sadness and anger in Baldwin's works which are a result of his growing up poor in Harlem of the 1920s. This paper also probes into the author's views on Christianity, racism and the Nation of Islam.
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