James Baldwin street renaming Aug 2

The Year of James Baldwin: A 90th Birthday Celebration

August 2, 2014 3:00pm

A consortium of cultural organizations throughout New York City are uniting to declare 2014-15 The Year of James Baldwin on what would have been the great American essayist, novelist, playwright, poet, and activist James Baldwin’s 90th year (he was born in Harlem on August 2, 1924).

This commemoration of James Baldwin on the occasion of his 90th birthday will take place on Saturday, August 2, 2014, 12 Noon, culminating in the renaming of a section of West 128th Street as “James Baldwin Place,” in honor of the work, life, and legacies of one of the greatest writers and thinkers of the past century.


http://www.nationalblacktheatre.org/#!year-of-baldwin/c1hmz
http://arts.columbia.edu/coe/news/2014/baldwin-street-naming
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