James Baldwin, one of America\’s most influential writers and social critics, published his short story collection Going to Meet the Man on May 9, 1965. The stories explored the deeply rooted racial, sexual, and psychological tensions of American life. Baldwin’s piercing prose dissected the contradictions of American democracy and the personal anguish inflicted by racism. His fearless examinations of race relations in the post-civil rights movement era made Going to Meet the Man a critical touchstone for understanding the cultural aftermath of segregation—and its lingering scars on both Black and white Americans.
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