Fact Fun with Baldwin
True or False? James Baldwin is especially known for was his ability to address American race relations by discussing the effects of racism.
True
True or False? The letter from James Baldwin is directed at the mistreatment of white people.
False
Who is Baldwin's audience in the letter?
To his nephew
True or False? James Baldwin did not share many of the same values and goals as Martin Luther King?
False
True or False?
Baldwin alludes to the "walls" while examining the restrictions that African-American boys dealt with in America
True
True or False? Baldwin spent most of his life in America.
False
True or False? James Baldwin switches his tone numerous times during the story.
True
Why did Baldwin's father live a miserable life?
He believed what people said about him
True or False? The picture of the "wall" refers to the cruelty upon African Americans.
True
True or False?
Baldwin blames the church for giving a poor effort towards protecting him.
False, he claims that the Church aided as Baldwin’s rescuer as it personified as the man that cared for him.
What year did James Baldwin write "My Dungeon Shook"?
1962
What are two things Baldwin empathizes throughout the theme as he guides his nephew through being a young African boy in America?
Love and Forgiveness
Does Baldwin refer to white people as his enemies or his brothers, and why?
His brothers because Baldwin believes that is the only way to extend love and forgiveness towards them.
What did Baldwin accuse his country of committing?
that they have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives and do not know it and do not want to know it.
Baldwin refers to love when discussing the ways in which he disagrees with the philosophy of...?
The Nation of Islam movement
At what age did James Baldwin become a preacher in his church?
14 years old
From the nature displayed, from the letter that James Baldwin writes, when he says, "I have begun this letter five times and torn it up five times"? Baldwin claims to repeatedly seeing...?
It shows his vulnerable frustration as he claims to repeatedly seeing his brother and fathers face.
What parallelism does Baldwin establish in the first letter relating to his nephew, father, and brother.
Similar characteristics between his nephew, father, and brother.
What was Baldwin's solution for the problem of racism?
He encourages his readers to accept the white people because he tells the readers not to believe what they say about them. Since they won't accept them, they must accept the white people.
What was the recurring metaphor that Baldwin brings up as the illustration of black individuals?
Fixed Star
In 1986 James Baldwin was granted one of the countries highest accolades which was?
Named Commander of the Legion of Honor
What are two of the three major themes shown throughout the letter?
-The terrible pull of love and hate between black and white Americans
-Having moral, spiritual, and ethical values as purity of motive
-The gift of sharing and extending love, the act of goodness verses evil
At the end of the letter, Baldwin concludes and says...?
that in order for black people to be free, white people must also be free.
Baldwin writes that "we cannot be free until they are free." He is referring that African Americans will...?
African Americans will never be free until white people are free from racism that controls our society.
Baldwin would refer to white people's "innocence" as their "greatest crime" which is a type of...?
Irony