Giovanni’s Room 2/28/12

By James Baldwin

James Baldwin ( 1924-1987)

-Raised in NYC

-Taught at Amherst Collage

-Novelist and essayist

-1948: Moved to Paris

-Later returned to the US and supported the Civil Rights Movement

-Preferred staying in Paris because he was treated more “human”

2/28/12 10:56 AM

2/28/12 10:56 AM