James Baldwin (11/22/1985)

In this WFMT archive hour from 1985, Studs Terkel speaks with the distinguished American author, playwright, and civil rights activist, James Baldwin (1924-1987), whose book, “The Evidence of Things Not Seen,” had recently been published. Baldwin was born in Harlem in 1924, and his legacy burns brightly to this day. “I want to be an honest man, and I want to be a good writer. And I don’t know if one ever gets to be what one wants to be. I think you just have to play it by ear and pray for rain.” –James Baldwin