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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.
How did Beauford Delaney influence James Baldwin?
Beauford Delaney became a mentor to Baldwin and under his influence Baldwin came to believe a black person could be an artist.

Question: Did he have any other influences?
Self-contained rewrite: Did James Baldwin have any other influences besides Beauford Delaney?