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Remembrance for Writer James Baldwin.

A rebroadcast of a 1986 interview Terry Gross recorded with writer and social critic James Baldwin, who died yesterday in France. Baldwin's books include Go Tell it on the Mountain, The Fire Next Time and Notes of a Native Son. Baldwin was one of the first major writers to address the civil rights issue. After the civil rights movement crested, Baldwin moved to France, where he felt more tolerance for his open homosexuality and outspoken nature.

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Other segments from the episode on December 1, 1987

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 1, 1987: Interview with Frank Morgan, Ronnie Mathews, and Walter Booker; Commentary on singer James Carr; Interview with James Baldwin; Review of Jacob Timmerman…

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