Black Man in America JAMES BALDWIN Original 1962 LP with Studs Terkel 1st press
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You are bidding on a 12-inch vinyl LP of a 1962 interview of James Baldwin by Studs Terkel. Added to the National Song Registry in 2005. Cover artwork by Eric Von Schmidt. Condition of record is NM, excellent, seldom if ever played. Sleeve has solid seams with maybe a little wrinkling around the edges, most notable on back cover. Winner pays flat fee of $6.00 shipping
ON CONTENT: "Studs Terkel began creating radio shows tailored to his own talents and interests. It was in 1952 that Terkel would launch his namesake radio show, an interview program where the only predicate was that one had to be interesting. Getting politicians, authors, artists and others to appear was not usually difficult for Terkel and his producers. Terkel was a good and considerate interviewer: he always did his homework, always asked thoughtful questions and always listened to his guests’ answers. He was also always far more interested in his subjects’ work than their personal life. Terkel always showed respect to his subjects as well—whether they were a working man off the street or a head of state.
Certainly all of these qualities can be found in his 1962 over-the-air interview with African-American writer James Baldwin. By 1962, Baldwin was already the acclaimed American-born expatriate author of “Go Tell It On The Mountain” (published, 1953) and the essay collection “Notes of a Native Son” (1955). Via his bold and often experimental writings—in various genres including poetry and plays—Baldwin had established himself as one of the English-speaking world’s most interesting artists and one of its most eloquent voices on civil rights and the then so-called “Life of the Negro.”
By the time he sat down with Terkel, Baldwin was on the cusp of publishing his latest work of fiction, “Another Country.” His interview with Terkel, though relatively short, is surprisingly far-reaching and cogent on a variety of topics: Bessie Smith, living abroad, language, education,racism and the (abnormal) nature of shame.
Baldwin states at one point: I’m not mad at this country any more; I’m very worried about it. I’m not worried about
the Negroes in the country as much as I am about the country….The country doesn’t know what it has done to Negroes. The country has no notion whatever--and this is disastrous—[in] what it has done to itself. They have yet to access the price they have paid, North and South, in keeping the Negro in his place. And from my point of view, it
shows in every single level of our lives....
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