James Baldwin : Collected Essays : Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays (Library of America)
Writer James Baldwin earnestly championed the civil rights  movement in both his fiction and nonfiction, a fact which, coupled with  his extraordinary writing talent, assured not only his historical  importance, but also his place as one of the finest African American  writers of his generation.Collected Essaysis a comprehensive  collection of his most memorable prose, including "Stranger in the  Village," "The Harlem Ghetto," and "Many Thousands  Gone." Clear in voice and vision, the essays communicate the  emotions of an entire historical movement. Combining politics,  prophecy, and passion, Baldwin's essays are truly as thought-provoking  today as they were some 30 years ago.