LYLE SUTER PAINTS JAMES BALDWIN, “SOCIAL CRITIC”
Roger Smith, Actor, lifelong family friend
Eric Suter, eldest of Suter children
LYLE SUTER’S PORTRAIT OF JAMES BALDWIN, AUTHOR
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1969 BALDWIN IS SPEAKER BEVERLY HIGH ASSEMBLY
James Baldwin, Speaker, Beverly High
MR. SUTER MEETS JAMES BALDWIN AT BEVERLY HIGH
James Baldwin, Beverly Hills High, 1969
American novelist, essayist
Playwright, poet & social critic
JAMES BALDWIN, HONORED AMERICAN
COMMANDER
ONE OF GREATEST WRITERS 20TH CENTURY
LEGION OF HONOUR, FRANCE
LANGSTON HUGHES, AMERICAN AUTHOR & LEADER
- 55 Publications
- Early innovator of Jazz Poetry
- Leader, Harlem Renaissance, New York City
- Depicted Black lives in lower economic strata
- Criticized Black racism by skin color
- Stressed cultural nationalism and racial consciousness devoid of self hate
Poet, Social Activist, Novelist, Playwright & Columnist
GADFLY: A PERSON WHO UPSETS THE STATUS QUO
“Writer of force when it came to issues that disturbed him”
JAMES BALDWIN PORTRAIT MLK PORTRAIT PREVIEW
DECEMBER 1, 1971; LOS ANGELES, CA
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