JAMES BALDWIN, 1970

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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