James Baldwin
Program Video Clip List |
| Clip # |
Start Time |
End Time |
Description |
| 1 |
00:17.4 |
01:15.0 |
Videotape of James Baldwin's speech at the University of California, Berkeley |
| 2 |
01:44.6 |
02:30.4 |
Baldwin's expressions about oppression |
| 3 |
03:01.1 |
05:16.2 |
Birthplace and early education |
| 4 |
05:16.3 |
05:55.6 |
Baldwin's years of greatest influence
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| 5 |
06:13.6 |
08:59.8 |
Population statistics from the 1960s; conditinos in the U. S. before the 1950s and 60s |
| 6 |
09:05.9 |
11:44.1 |
Baldwin's works transcend across time - we must become a whole nation; the myth of white supremacy |
| 7 |
14:11.2 |
15:03.1 |
Influences of Baldwin's childhood |
| 8 |
15:39.6 |
16:41.7 |
Videotape of Baldwin discussing the American idea of progress at UC Berkeley |
| 9 |
17:31.6 |
18:56.4 |
Baldwin's time spent abroad |
| 10 |
18:56.4 |
20:42.1 |
David Leeming and Baldwin's initial meeting; Leeming's personal experiences with Baldwin |
| 11 |
21:41.7 |
22:15.2 |
Uses of Baldwin's work by Robin D. G. Kelley in his classroom; psyche of black America in Baldwin's writings |
| 12 |
22:31.6 |
24:02.6 |
Baldwin's acceptance during his time by reviewers
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| 13 |
24:02.7 |
26.51.4 |
Historical view of Kennedy Administration records on Civil Rights in 1963; Lyndon B. Johnson Administration on Civil Rights; Key roles played by each Administration that are favored among Black America today |
| 14 |
27:12.1 |
30:01.5 |
Quality of Baldwin's great talent as an essayist; change in writing style in the 70s and 80s
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| 15 |
30:03.5 |
32:26.7 |
The James Baldwins of this generation; gains from visits abroad
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| 16 |
34:27.4 |
37:33.5 |
Religious involvement of Baldwin; role of black churches during the Civil Rights Movement; similar messages of Baldwin and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; southern racial politics at the time
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| 17 |
37:33.6 |
38:28.4 |
Key events in the Civil Rights Movement
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| 18 |
38:36.5 |
39:41.8 |
Linkage of civil rights verses homosexual rights agenda according to Baldwin; contemporary view of homosexual identity and black identity |
| 19 |
40:05.6 |
42:03.7 |
His ability to associate all issues; replications of Baldwin's work today |
| 20 |
42:03.8 |
43:20.1 |
Baldwin brought into widespread public consciousness; Baldwin on the cover of Time magazine |
| 21 |
43:42.7 |
46:11.3 |
Leeming's last encounters with Baldwin; Baldwin's death |
| 22 |
46:24.0 |
49:51.3 |
Baldwin's feelings on using religion as a gimmick |
| 23 |
50:06.3 |
51:18.4 |
Videotape of Baldwin from the NBC Archives discussing why he left the United States for Paris |
| 24 |
51:29.0 |
52:52.5 |
Effects of Baldwin's homosexuality as a Civil Rights leader |
| 25 |
52:52.5 |
54:35.7 |
Significance of the 1963 March on Washington; acronyms explained (SCLC, SNCC, etc.) |
| 26 |
55:11.2 |
56:30.3 |
Myths of blacks and whites and the prevalence today |
| 27 |
56:55.5 |
57:16.8 |
Leeming's last thoughts on Baldwin; why study Baldwin today |
| 28 |
57:37.3 |
58:41.6 |
Roster of Dewitt Clinton High School students |
| 29 |
58:41.6 |
59:26.4 |
Relationship and influence of Jewish community; |
| 30 |
59:26.5 |
1:01:14 |
Baldwin as a historical writer and his relation to politics; Richard Wright's influence on Baldwin as a protest writer; Baldwin's writing used as an awakening of the moral conscious of white America
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| 31 |
1:01:32 |
1:03:32 |
The Fire Next Time and its relation to the global black, radical imagination of the 1960s |
| 32 |
1:03:52 |
1:05:38 |
Baldwin's writings reflect a need for social reform |
| 33 |
1:06:15 |
1:07:22 |
Influences of Baldwin's writings in regards to Jewish and Black cultures |
| 34 |
1:08:02 |
1:08:49 |
Baldwin's impact upon people during the times in which he lived |
| 35 |
1:09:02 |
1:10:15 |
Baldwin's view of Christianity during the post 1960s era |
| 36 |
1:10:15 |
1:12:22 |
Videotape of Baldwin speaking on the education industry; Robert D. G. Kelley and the content of education
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| 37 |
1:12:33 |
1:13:45 |
Baldwin's religious background and homosexuality; Baldwin's view of post war America and the Beat Generation |
| 38 |
1:13:56 |
1:16:05 |
Importance of book by Harriet Beecher Stowe to Baldwin; Baldwin's reservations of W. E. B. Dubois, Langston Hughes and William Faulkner |
| 39 |
1:18:07 |
1:18:39 |
Quote from Baldwin in 1972 involving Christianity |
| 40 |
1:19:10 |
1:20:21 |
Baldwin seen as a threat by the F.B.I. |
| 41 |
1:20:40 |
1:23:38 |
Videotape of Baldwin describing his first meeting with Malcolm X; the rise of the Black American Muslim culture in relation to Baldwin
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| 42 |
1:23:38 |
1:25:02 |
Baldwin's uses Black Muslim culture to forewarn white America; the influence of his works today |
| 43 |
1:25:54 |
1:27:03 |
Baldwin's involvement with the integration of schools |
| 44 |
1:27:13 |
1:28:21 |
Importance of news magazines during the 1950s and 1960s |
| 45 |
1:28:21 |
1:29:24 |
Literary critics of Baldwin |
| 46 |
1:29:52 |
1:33:49 |
Robin D. G. Kelley explains why racism exists in accordance with Baldwin; Robert Washington explains race as a figment of political reality in accordance to Baldwin; Baldwin's political views |
| 47 |
1:33:56 |
1:36:11 |
Baldwin's views of Christianity in his later life; excerpt from The Fire Next Time |
| 48 |
1:36:21 |
1:39:06 |
Homophobia in regards to leadership in today's black communities |
| 49 |
1:39:06 |
1:40:12 |
The contrast of literary views by Baldwin and Ralph Ellison |
| 50 |
1:42:00 |
1:42:45 |
Baldwin's early camaraderie with white America as a means of success |
| 51 |
1:42:55 |
1:44:19 |
Comments of Dewitt Clinton High School students on Baldwin's works today |
| 52 |
1:44:37 |
1:45:15 |
A different view of Baldwin by white America |
| 53 |
1:45:22 |
1:46:35 |
Speculation of Baldwin's views of the media's portrayal of black America today |
| 54 |
1:46:37 |
1:47:25 |
James Baldwin's opinion on the Vietnam War
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| 55 |
1:47:25 |
1:48:29 |
Turning point of Civil Rights Movement in the late 1960s |
| 56 |
1:48:38 |
1:50:45 |
How anti-intellectual culture plays across the board; institutionalized racism |
| 57 |
1:50:48 |
1:51:48 |
Baldwin's perspective of the 1970s and 80s; his disillusionment towards the end of his life |
| 58 |
1:52:31 |
1:53:34 |
The unity of black America |
| 59 |
1:53:34 |
1:54:30 |
The importance of television and its relevance to social change during Baldwin's life |
| 60 |
1:54:46 |
1:55:25 |
Baldwin's thoughts on Ellison |
| 61 |
1:55:26 |
1:59:12 |
Important events of 1963 and James Baldwin's role in American social change; videotape of Baldwin speaking at University of California |
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