Go tell it on the mountain /

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.

Go tell it on the mountain / James Baldwin - New York, Dial Press, 1963 [c1953] - 253 p. 22 cm.

1. Introduction “I was born in church” 2. Historical Background - Pentecostalism and the ‘Negro’ Church 3. Various Connections to Christian Religion Overview The Title The Motto Part One Part Two Florence’s Prayer Gabriel's Prayer Elisabeth’s Prayer Part Three 4. Conclusion Annex References

James Arthur Baldwin was born to Emma Berdis Jones and an unknown father on August 2, 1924, in New York City. The fact that he did not know about the identity of his biological father haunted him all his life. Who was to become Baldwin’s stepfather was a laborer and Pentecostal preacher who came - as part of the Great Migration - to New York in 1919 “seeking better social conditions and economic opportunities.

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African American men -- Fiction.

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