As a teenager, Baldwin emulated his stepfather, a strict preacher, by preaching to a small congregation and becoming increasingly involved with religion. One of nine children, Baldwin discovered his passion for reading and writing at a young age and could often be found in the library. The grandson of a slave, James Baldwin was born, like the protagonists of his short story " Sonny's Blues," into poverty in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
Baldwin's fiery essays and fiction addressed issues of race, poverty, power, and justice. James Baldwin was a well-known public figure and American writer, whose works played a significant role in the African American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
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