African-American writer and public voice, born 1924.
Lived in France 1948-57 and 1970-87.

Two quotes from "If Black English isn't a language, then tell me, what
is?" (1979).
Here it is:

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/03/29/specials/baldwin-english.html?source=post_page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin

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