This is an introduction to the famous author known as James Baldwin who has written many works about the experiences of being gay and African-American. He has written from personal experience and from spontaneous creativity. There are multiple classes about James Baldwin in the English department. This will be a helpful guide if you are an English major/minor. 

"I imagine one of the reasons that people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." - James Baldwin

"One cannot deny the humanity of the other without diminishing one's own." - James Baldwin

"To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage." - James Baldwin