James Baldwin, Robert Adelman

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1930–2016
James Baldwin, 1964
Portfolio/Series title: "Everybody Knows His Name," published in Esquire magazine, August 1964
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 16.7 x 24.7 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 6 9/16 x 9 3/4 in
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 32 1/4 x 16 1/4 x 0 3/4 in
Weight (Weight): 7 lbs
Credit line: Gift of Esquire, Inc.
Accession number: 1980.0475
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“You know and I know that the country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too early. We cannot be free until they are free.” James Baldwin, "My Dungeon Shook—Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of Emancipation," from "The Fire Next Time," 1963

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