Exhibition Opening & Program: JIMMY! God’s Black Revolutionary Mouth
Opening reception, August2, 2024, 12-3pm
Exhibition: August 2, 2024 – February 28, 2025
Join us for the opening reception and public program for our newest exhibition in celebration of James Baldwin’s 100th birthday. On public display for the first time, we proudly present selections from the James Baldwin Papers that highlight his literary career and legacy from childhood to death, along with items from other research collections that illuminate the passion, brilliance, and courageous spirit of James “Jimmy” Baldwin.
Stay for our public program featuring Yahdon Israel, Senior editor at Simon Schuster and two-time Grammy Award-winning recording hip-hop artist and humanitarian, Che “Rhymefest” Smith, in a conversation about the critical voice of James Baldwin and the use of popular culture to further elevate important figures and ideas. Rhymefest’s latest project, James & Nikki: A Conversation, is inspired by and includes clips from the historic 1971 conversation between literary icons.
