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Country
  
United States

Publication date
  
1965

Author
  
James Baldwin

Genre
  
Short story

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Language
  
English

Originally published
  
1965

Publisher
  
Dial Press

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James Baldwin books, African Americans books

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Going to Meet the Man, published in 1965, is a short story collection by American writer James Baldwin. The book, dedicated "for Beauford Delaney", covers many topics related to anti-Black racism in American society, as well as African-American–Jewish relations, childhood, the creative process, criminal justice, drug addiction, family relationships, jazz, lynching, sexuality, and white supremacy.

Contents

The eight stories collected in the book are:

  • "The Rockpile"
  • "The Outing"
  • "The Man Child"
  • "Previous Condition"
  • "Sonny's Blues"
  • "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon"
  • "Come Out the Wilderness"
  • "Going to Meet the Man"

    • Going to meet the man


    References

    Going to Meet the Man Wikipedia
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