James Baldwin essays

James Baldwin essays James Baldwin was born in Harlem on August 2, 1924. His name at birth was James Arthur Jones. Baldwin never knew his father; his mother, who was originally from Maryland, was named Emma Burdis Jones. In 1927, she married David Baldwin, a Baptist preacher and factory worker from New Orleans with a twelve-year-old son, and thus the future writer received the last name that he was to make famous. Together the couple went on to have six children of their own, three sons and three daughters, the last of which was born on the same day that David Baldwin died, July 29, 1943. In 1935, James entered Frederick Douglass Junior High School, where he wrote for and helped to edit the school magazine. From 1938 until his graduation in 1942, Baldwin attended De Witt Clinton High School in the Bronx. He had a religious experience in 1938, and for the next three years was a boy preacher at Fireside Pentecostal Assembly, a phase of his life that ended at the time of his high-school graduation. For the next several years, he worked at a variety of jobs, including waiting tables in Greenwich Village, where he had moved to further his artistic ambitions. In 1944, he met Richard Wright, author of the novel Native Son and the soon-to-be-published autobiography Black Boy, who encouraged his literary ambitions and recommended hi to his own publisher. Write allowed Baldwin the financial freedom he needed to concentrate solely on his writing. In 1948 Baldwin moved to Paris where he joined a group of black writers and artists that included Chester Himes, Richard Wright and Ollie Harrington. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain in 1953, concerned a young boy coming to terms with the religious beliefs of his father. His second novel, Giovanni's Room in 1956, is an account of an American living in Paris. In 1957 Baldwin return to the United States where he became involved in the struggle for civil rights. Baldwin quickly discovered that social con...

comparitive esssay on the Constitution essays

comparitive esssay on the Constitution essays Hello fellow patriots, I am standing in for my dear friend Samuel Adams. For he has taken ill and cannot be here, so he has sent me in his place. I am here to say whether I agree with the Constitution or the Articles of Confederation. Both of which state very good concepts and ideas. I believe in both. Some of the ideas from the Constitution I believe in and some ideas from The Articles of Confederation. I feel the idea of each state being free but still in union is the same as all of them as one. This to me is senseless. They are of the same concept. I also dislike, about The Articles of Confederation, that you cannot uphold any vessels of war during a time of peace. This is a sign of good trust between the sates and other countries but if another country attacks and you have nothing but a militia how can you defend yourself well? You have no war ships to defend from aquatic attack. You only have a militia and enough men to occupy the forts. This is good in theory but I believe it will not hold up if another country attacks. In Article VI it states No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, unless such state actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted: nor shall any state grand commissions to any ships or vessels of war nor letters of marque or reprisal ... otherwise. This is a good concept. This pleases me because if you wish to go to war but congress can resolve it then it is of no use to go to war at all. This would save many lives both domestic and foreign. The fact that Canada would be brought into this union appeases me. For that it would give the United States more land and more people, along with more resources. ...