Civil Rights Monument project by Rehab Kattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o en-us 2023-05-17 16:20:21 UTC 2023-05-24 21:50:36 UTC hello@padlet.com James Baldwin rehabkattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2594983921 2023-05-17 16:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2594983921 James Baldwin was a writer and a civil rights activist, who was best known for his semi-biographical novels and plays that center on, race, sexuality, and politics. He helped raise public awareness of racial and sexual oppression, He wrote on the subject of race in America, in novels, essays, and plays. He wrote 17 books, and his most famous one was "The Fire Next Time" rehabkattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2594990310 2023-05-17 16:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2594990310 He first got involved in the civil rights movement when he became acquainted with Martin Luther King during a trip through the South in 1957. rehabkattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2594991567 2023-05-17 16:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2594991567 Martin Luther King Jr rehabkattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2594994402 2023-05-17 16:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2594994402 rehabkattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2594995254 2023-05-17 16:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2594995254 The books he wrote helped bring awareness to racial and sexual oppression. It portrays his honest and personal experiences, and lets whites and other people into the life of an African American during this time. rehabkattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595000640 2023-05-17 16:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595000640 Baldwin spent years as a college professor at the university of Massachusetts at Amherst and Hampshire college. He also traveled to Europe were was later acclaimed as masterpieces to the american literature canon. rehabkattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595007252 2023-05-17 16:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595007252 Malcolm X rehabkattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595008155 2023-05-17 16:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595008155 Nina Simone rehabkattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595064840 2023-05-17 17:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595064840 Baldwin took part in the civil rights movement creating him to become close friends with Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Nina Simone. rehabkattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595066385 2023-05-17 17:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595066385 Maya Angelou rehabkattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595066892 2023-05-17 17:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595066892 James Baldwin-YouTube video rehabkattoum https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595069856 2023-05-17 17:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rehabkattoum/wq517powaapesy3o/wish/2595069856