James Baldwin's Centennial

Baldwin's life and writings, Civil Rights, race in America, and the assassinations of friends Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King. Includes lesson plans and templates.

Baldwin addresses the challenges of education to prepare children to grapple with the myths and realities of U.S. history.

This 2017 essay by author and former high school teacher Clint Smith draws connections between the role of education in past turbulent historical times and the present political climate.

Baldwin's biography & writings and techniques. Includes discussion activities, theme and graphic organizers.

Teachers: Share the importance of 20th-century author and activist James Baldwin on the anniversary of his birthday. Includes discussion questions and activities.

A 1964 Playbill for "Blues for Mister Charlie" which was presented at the American National Theater and Academy (ANTA) Theater in New York. The performance was "dedicated to the memory of Medgar Evers, and his widow and his children, and to the memory of the dead children of Birmingham." (Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Baldwin Family.)