Object Details
- Description
- A copy of a 1976 commentary in the Los Angeles Times titled, "Looking for the Bicentennial Man." The article discusses Baldwin's views on the state of the United States 200 years after its independence. Baldwin was invited by the LA Times to write this article while residing in the South of France.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Written by
- James Baldwin, American, 1924 - 1987
- Published by
- Los Angeles Times, founded 1881
- Date
- 1976
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Baldwin Family
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Type
- clippings
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