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Annotated Bibliography by Brett Kain

“Baldwin, James Arthur (1924-1987).” DISCovering Biography. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Fuquay Varina High School/WCPS/20 May 2008 

The article James Arthur Baldwin found in the Gale database was very well organized. It included a biographical essay on James Baldwin which depicted his life’s events. It also discussed his major literary works and personal accounts of his life. The article also discussed how his essays inspired the world around him. The article ends with a chronology of what was happening in the world at different times in his life. I will use this information in my timeline. It will be very influential in developing the look of my overall poster. The content of this article was very helpful and really helped me understand what kind of person James Baldwin was. I would recommend this article to other students because it was very helpful and had a lot of useful information.

Pinckney, Darryl. “On James Baldwin (1924-1987)”. DISCovering Authors. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource center - Gold. Gale. Fuquay Varina High School/WCPS/. 20 May. 2008 

The article is organized by Darryl Pinckney discussing how Jams Baldwin’s work had an impact on his own ideas bout race and literature. It also reflects upon the author’s career. It goes into great detail about James Baldwin’s works influenced Darryl Pinckney. The article covers the highlights of James Baldwin’s life. I will use this information to define my timeline and construct my poster. I thought the information presented was good; however it was as defined as I would want. It wasn’t as organized as I wanted it to be. This was an acceptable reference but I wouldn’t recommend this article due to its lack of definition.

Pratt, Louis. James Baldwin. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1987.

The book James Baldwin is a bibliography by Pratt Louis. The table of contents is on the books he has written. It also has a great chronology on James Baldwin’s life. I plan on using the information I got from the chronology on the timeline. I would tell other people that the chronology is a great source of information.

Van Leer, David. “James Baldwin (1924-1987)”. African American Writers. ED. Valerie Smith. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.

The book African American Writers is a bibliography about James Baldwin. This book has a great introduction and table of contents that lists every author. I am going to use this information in my timeline. I would recommend using this book because it has highly detailed accounts of specific events in the authors life. It helps the reader really understand what kind of person James Baldwin was and it provides a timeline for various authors and highlights their major accomplishments.