![]() James Baldwin was born in Harlem, New York, on August 2, 1924. Whether one views these words as advice or as observation, it is clear that Baldwin lived by these words as he built his career as a civil rights–era author, orator, and activist that is distinguished by a level of talent and passion that was nothing short of remarkable. ![]() If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t live some other life, you won’t live any life at all.” Writer James Baldwin remembered this as “the best piece of advice I ever got it’s not advice, it’s an observation.” ![]() “You have to go the way your blood beats. Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution gift of Watercolor and pencil on board / National By Marcy Held, intern, National Portrait Gallery, Center for Electronic Research and Outreach Services James Arthur Baldwin / Boris Chaliapin, 1963 / ![]()
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