James Baldwin and Britain

Timeline

A Timeline of James Baldwin’s visits to Britain


James Baldwin on the set of The Amen Corner at the Tricycle Theatre, London, 1987.


Photograph by John Haynes (johnhaynesphotography.net).







Front cover of the programme for the 1987 production of, The Amen Corner, directed by Anton Phillips and produced by Carib Theatre productions.

Archive material courtesy of the George Padmore Institute, London.







1978 flyer for a meeting calling for the release of Kenyan author, Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o, at The Friend’s Meeting House, in Euston, where James Baldwin was Guest Speaker.

The event was organised by the Pan African Association of Writers & Journalists and the ‘Ngũgĩ Defence Committee’. Archive material courtesy of the George Padmore Institute, London.







James Baldwin speaking at the Edinburgh Book Festival in 1985.

Photograph kindly shared by photographer, Fanny Dubes.








James Baldwin after receiving his honorary doctorate from the University of Hull on the 9th of July 1976
James Baldwin after receiving his honorary doctorate from the University of Hull on the 9th of July 1976

Also receiving honorary degrees that year were Dame Janet Baker, Dr Joseph Needham and Dr Lionel Rosen. The oration given for Baldwin at the ceremony was by G.H. Moore, Professor of American Literature. Image courtesy of Hull University Archives.




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*This timeline will be developed and added to as the project progresses.

Our aim is to eventually produce a more extensive visual timeline of Baldwin’s visits and relationship to Britain, featuring archival materials related to his associations with British-based activists, artists and intellectuals.

It will also include all of Baldwin’s appearances on radio and television.