Conversation so far:
Where did James Baldwin go to school?
Baldwin attended P.S. 24 on 128th Street, Frederick Douglass Junior High, DeWitt Clinton High School
Did James Baldwin go to college?
James Baldwin did not formally attend college.
Did James Baldwin further is education an any other ways?
When Baldwin was 15 years old, his high-school running buddy, Emile Capouya met Beauford Delaney, a painter. Capouya gave Baldwin Delaney's address and suggested paying him a visit.

Question: How did he influence him?
Self-contained rewrite: How did Beauford Delaney influence James Baldwin?