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by Lemuel Prado
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By 13 years old, James had written his first article, "Harlem-Then and Now".
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The day before his 19th birthday, James' father had died of tuberculosis. The funeral was held on his birthday.
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On James' 19th birthday was the Harlem Riot of 1943.
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James walked into a restaurant where he knew he would be denied service, and threw water on the waitress that denied his service.
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At age 22, James fell in love with a girl named Lucien Happersberger
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Go Tell It on the Mountain, was his first published novel
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His second novel cause great controversy due to its explicit homoerotic content.
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In the spring of 1963, he was such a spokesman that by May, he was on the cover of Time Magazine.
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Baldwin made a prominent appearance with long-time friends Sidney Poitier and Marlon Brando.
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James Baldwin joined marchers and walked 50 miles from Selma, Alabama, to the capitol in Montgomery under the protection of federal troops.
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James had died of stomach cancer in Saint-Paul-De Vince, France.
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Raoul Peck released James unfinished manuscript as a documentary film.