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James Baldwin As we are nearing the end of Black History Month, I find myself reading and listening to the words of James Baldwin. He became one of the most articulate voices of the Civil Rights Movement, yet it is hard to find any description or discussion - in his own words - of his life as a gay man. One could guess that he describes some of his gay life in the novel Giovanni's Room , which can easily be dismissed as a work of fiction. We know that he met the man who became the love of his life, Lucien Happersberger, in Paris in 1949, when Lucien was 17 and James was 25. The fact that Lucien was white could have served as proof that, at least in Baldwin's mind, black men and white men could love each other. But unfortunately, Baldwin chose to remain in the closet, using references to "... my wife" and "... my woman, my children..." in his interviews. The truth is, the most significant woman in his life was his mother, and the children he referred to were ...
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Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois 9780814744574
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RACE WOMAN
GERALD HORNE
RACE WOMAN The Lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois
a New York University Press • New York and London
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London © 2000 by New York University All rights reserved All photographs courtesy of David Graham Du Bois. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Horne, Gerald. Race woman : the lives of Shirley Graham Du Bois / Gerald Horne. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8147-3615-7 (alk. paper) 1. Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1906–1977. 2. Afro-American women—Biography. 3. Afro-Americans—Biography. 4. Afro-American women political activists—Biography. 5. Afro-American women authors— Biography. 6. Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868–1963. 7. Afro-Americans—Politics and government—20th century. 8. Afro-Americans— Intellectual life—20th century. I. Title. E185.97.D69 H67 2000 305.48'896073'0092—dc21 00-008809 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. Manufactured in the United States of America 10
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Acknowledgments Preface
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