This episode discusses an interview that teenage Baldwin conducted in the Magpie.  Also discussed, is James Baldwin's student/teacher relationship with Harlem Renaissance poet, Countee Cullen.   Elena from 3B  joins Aldo as a special guest host for this episode (don't worry - Professor. Roberts will be back next week!).  Elena and Aldo discuss how the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights Movement are directly linked to Clinton High School and James Baldwin. 

"Rendezvous with Life" (the interview) is read by Emmanuel and Harrison
 "Rendezvous with Life" (the poem) is read by Harrison

Episode References:
Countee Cullen
The Harlem Renaissance
Alain Locke
The New Negro
I Have A Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger
I Have A Rendezvous with Life by Countee Cullen

Further Reading:
Books by James Baldwin
The Furious Passage of James Baldwin by Fern M. Eckman
James Baldwin: A Biography  by David Leeming
Talking At The Gates: by James Campbell
Begin Again by Eddie Glaude, Jr.
Baldwin's Harlem by Herb Boyd
James Baldwin: Artist on Fire by W.J. Weatherby
James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen
The Castle on the Parkway by G. Pelisson and J. Garvey

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Finding James Baldwin: The Magpie Years Podcast is
Researched by Dr. Frank Leon Roberts and Aldo B. Martin
Performed by Elena from 3B and Tina E.
Edited by Aldo B. Martin
Produced by Aldo B. Martin