James Arthur "Jimmy" Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987)
August 2, 2017 | Source: Monroe Gallery of Photography
"How can one respect, let alone adopt, the values of a people who do not, on any level whatever, live the way they say they do, or the way they say they should?"
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
Monroe Gallery of Photography recently featured the exhibition "EYEWITNESS", which celebrated photojournalist Steve Schapiro's completion of a project based on James Baldwin's 1963 book, "The Fire Next Time". Steve Schapiro's photographs documenting the civil rights movement from 1963 - 1968 are paired with essays from "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin in a major book recently in a limited edition by Tashen. Signed copies of the book are available from the gallery.