No Name in the Street
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No Name in the Street is James Baldwin’s 1972 autobiographical and political essay collection reflecting on race, civil rights, and his personal experiences in mid-20th-century America.
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| instanceOf |
autobiographical work
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book → essay collection → political essay collection → |
| author |
James Baldwin
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticalReception |
regarded as an important work of Baldwin’s political thought
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| discusses |
Baldwin’s experiences in Europe
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Baldwin’s experiences in the American South → Black Power movement → assassination of Malcolm X → assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. → assassination of Medgar Evers → civil rights activism → |
| followsInAuthorBibliography |
The Fire Next Time
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| genre |
autobiography
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essays → nonfiction → political literature → |
| hasForm |
collection of essays
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| hasPerspective |
first-person narrative
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| hasTheme |
disillusionment with American democracy
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historical witness → hope and despair in social change → identity and exile → memory and testimony → responsibility of the writer → violence and oppression → |
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No Name in the Street
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| influenced |
later African-American political essays
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| language |
English
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| literaryMovement |
African-American literature
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civil rights era literature → |
| mainSubject |
American politics
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Black experience in America → James Baldwin’s life → civil rights movement → race relations in the United States → racial injustice → |
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print
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| notableFor |
blending personal memoir with political critique
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reflection on the civil rights and Black Power eras → |
| partOfAuthor’sOeuvre |
James Baldwin’s later nonfiction
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| publicationYear |
1972
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| publisher |
Dial Press
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| setInPeriod |
mid-20th-century America
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No Name in the Street
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James Baldwin
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