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The Guardian

1960s

Mention of Baldwin in an interview with Richard Wright (8 Dec 1960)

Baldwin mentioned in interview with James Jones (26 Oct 1961)

Account of Baldwin at the Prix Formentor conference (3 May 1962)

Baldwin mentioned in review of Cannes Film Festival (16 May 1962)

Baldwin referenced in article on Normal Mailer (5 Jun 1962)

Mention of Baldwin's attendance at Edinburgh Writers’ Conference. (8 Aug 1962)

Baldwin referenced in review of Elia Kazan's work. (12 Nov 1962)

Interview with Baldwin (22 Nov 1962)

Report on Baldwin's visit to London (5 Feb 1963)

Norman Shrapnel review of Another Country (8 Feb 1963)

Photograph of James Baldwin in London (8 Feb 1963)

Mention of Baldwin's reaction to a delegation meeting with Bobby Kennedy (27 May 1963)

Mention of Baldwin's contribution to Nugget magazine (26 Jun 1963)

Review of The Fire Next Time, Marcus Cunliffe (19 Jul 1963)

Mention of Baldwin's role in the Christmas spending boycott. (1 Oct 1963)

‘Identity Papers’, Marcus Cunliffe. (28 Feb 1964)

‘All White Men Now the Enemy: Negroes Turn to Militancy’, Alistair Cooke (24 Mar 1964)

Analysis of Baldwin by South africal exile Lewis Nkosi (23 Jul 1964)

Baldwin mentioned in review of Harold R Isaacs’ work. (28 Jul 1964)

Article on Baldwin's visit to London and work with Richard Avedon (4 Sep 1964)

Review of Nothing Personal (27 Nov 1964)

Mention of Baldwin's knowledge of UK places and culture. (18 Feb 1965)

Report from debate between Baldwin and and William F Buckley. (19 Feb 1965)

Report about Baldwin's promotional activities in GB. (24 Feb 1965)

Interview with and profile of Baldwin by Jean Stead. (26 Mar 1965)

Review of Amen Corner (19 Apr 1965)

Terry Coleman review of Blues for Charlie production by the Lee Strasberg co. (4 May 1965)

Mocking article on Baldwin and Blues for Charlie, by Stanley Reynolds (5 May 1965)

Interview with Lee Strasberg about Blues for Charlie. (5 May 1965)

Review of Amen Corner at Holland Festival (28 Jun 1965)

Review of Amen Corner production at Edinburgh Festival (26 Aug 1965)

Robert Nye review of Going to Meet the Man (26 Nov 1965)

Mention of Baldwin in review of CWE Bigsby's work. (22 Dec 1967)

‘Black Power: James Baldwin in Defence of Stokely Carmichael’ (14 Feb 1968)

The Review of Fern Marja Eckman's Furious Passage of James Baldwin (by WJ Weatherby) (8 Mar 1968)

Norman Shrapnel review of Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone (28 Jun 1968)

Mention of Baldwin in piece about the US Black Panther Party (28 Jun 1968)

Photograph of Baldwin in Neil Libbert photography exhibition, Manchester (24 Sep 1968)

Baldwin mentioned in review of Jean Russell’s God’s Lost Cause. (1 Nov 1968)

Review of exhibition at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery (27 Nov 1968)

Baldwin referenced in a review of Elia Kazan’s work (12 Nov 1962)

Baldwin mentioned as part of a list of “interesting” artists with books set to come out that year (4 Jan 1963)

Mention of Another Country in a piece about director Robert Rossen (18 Feb 1963)

A mention of Baldwin potentially being offered an audition for an acting role (20 Apr 1963)

Report of letter to President Kennedy regarding the race riots in Birmingham (6 May 1963)

Mention of Baldwin’s attitude to Malcolm X in an interview with Dizzy Gillespie (13 Jun 1963)

Baldwin referenced in a piece about the “race crisis” in the U.S. (15 Jul 1963)

Baldwin mentioned in review of Nelson Alegren’s Who Lost an American? (25 Oct 1963)

Giovanni’s Room included in list of recommended paperbacks (1 Nov 1963)

Mention of a Baldwin essay appearing in a South African magazine (27 Feb 1964)

Report on the NZ Indecent Publications Tribunal considering a ban on Another Country (3 Mar 1964)

A letter from W.J. Weatherby in response to Marcus Cunliffe’s recent review of Baldwin’s work (14 Mar 1964)

‘LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: James Baldwin and racial discrimination’, Marcus Cunliffe (16 Mar 1964)

‘LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Marcus Cunliffe and James Baldwin’, W.J. Weatherby (31 Mar 1964)

Baldwin referenced in a piece about black New Yorkers’ difficulty in hailing taxis (23 Jun 1964)

Baldwin referenced in a review of Maureen Duffy’s The Single Eye (17 Jul 1964)

Baldwin’s standing among black leaders mentioned in a piece about “Negro opinions and attitudes in Harlem” (28 Jul 1964)

Display ad for Baldwin and Richard Avedon’s collaborative work, In Black and White (9 Oct 1964)

Giovanni’s Room and Go Tell It on the Mountain included among recommended paperbacks (1 Jan 1965)

A brief mention of The Amen Corner at the Edinburgh Festival (18 Mar 1965)

Baldwin’s views on Harlem referenced in a review of New York Proclaimed by V.S. Prtichett and Evelyn Hofer (26 Mar 1965)

Baldwin referenced in a review of Richard Wright’s Lawd Today (2) (23 Apr 1965)

Baldwin referenced in a piece about Norman Mailer (26 Apr 1965)

Preview of a production of Blues for Mr Charlie by Actors Studio Theatre (1 May 1965)

Baldwin referenced in a review of LeRoi Jones’s The Moderns (23 Jul 1965)

Listing for a production of The Amen Corner at Edinburgh Festival (2 Aug 1965)

A production of a Baldwin play referenced in a piece about the Edinburgh Festival (23 Aug 1965)

A production of a Baldwin play referenced in a piece about the Edinburgh Festival (2) (31 Aug 1965)

Baldwin referenced in a piece covering the Congress for Cultural Freedom (11 Sep 1965)

A reference to Baldwin in a piece by Mary Stott (13 Sep 1965)

Baldwin’s writing compared to a jazz number in a review of some jazz records (14 Sep 1965)

Profile of Claudia McNeil, lead protagonist in The Amen Corner (20 Oct 1965)

Classified ad for The Amen Corner, containing endorsements from Harold Hobson and the Daily Telegraph (25 Oct 1965)

Michael Joseph display ad for Going to Meet the Man, containing endorsement from the Guardian (3 Dec 1965)

Baldwin endorsement for W.J. Weatherby novel appears in a display ad (8 Jul 1966)

Baldwin referenced in a profile of Langston Hughes (5 Dec 1966)

‘Baby, vous etes swing’, Vivian Lewis (8 Feb 1967)

‘‘MISCELLANY has an all-american day: Writing on the wall’’ (31 Mar 1967)

Short review of Going to Meet the Man (1) (12 May 1967)

Baldwin mentioned in a short piece that appears to decry the urge to violence in recent black writing (22 Aug 1967)

Epstein’s production of The Amen Corner mentioned in an obituary to Epstein (28 Aug 1967)

A reference to Baldwin in a letter regarding the black power movement (26 Feb 1968)

Baldwin referenced in a letter about Enoch Powell by the Secretary of the Edinburgh Young Liberals (1 May 1968)

Baldwin referenced in a piece about Armenia (22 Jun 1968)

Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone listed in ‘Fiction of the month’ (26 Jul 1968)

Baldwin quoted by a priest in an extract from The Experience of Priesthood, (1 Aug 1968)

Baldwin’s defence of Stokely Charmichael referenced in a book review (11 Nov 1968)

Classified ad for a James Baldwin feature in The Listener (23 Jan 1969)

Some Baldwin publications mentioned in a piece about book publishers (8 Mar 1969)

Baldwin referenced in a piece about the race divide in the U.S. (9 Apr 1969)