Going to Meet the Man
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Going to Meet the Man, published in 1965, is a short-story collection by American writer James Baldwin
James Baldwin (writer)
James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic.Baldwin's essays, for instance "Notes of a Native Son" , explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th century America,...

. The book is dedicated "for Beauford Delaney
Beauford Delaney
Beauford Delaney was an American modernist painter.-Early life:Beauford Delaney was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, in 1901. Delaney’s parents were prominent and respected members of Knoxville's black community. His father Samuel was both a barber and a Methodist minister...

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" It covers many topics related to anti-Black racism
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...

 in American society, as well as the creative process, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, drug addiction, family
Family
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 relationships, African-American-Jewish relations, lynching
Lynching
Lynching is an extrajudicial execution carried out by a mob, often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake or shooting, in order to punish an alleged transgressor, or to intimidate, control, or otherwise manipulate a population of people. It is related to other means of social control that...

, sexuality
Human sexuality
Human sexuality is the awareness of gender differences, and the capacity to have erotic experiences and responses. Human sexuality can also be described as the way someone is sexually attracted to another person whether it is to opposite sexes , to the same sex , to either sexes , or not being...

, criminal justice
Criminal justice
Criminal Justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts...

, white supremacy
White supremacy
White supremacy is the belief, and promotion of the belief, that white people are superior to people of other racial backgrounds. The term is sometimes used specifically to describe a political ideology that advocates the social and political dominance by whites.White supremacy, as with racial...

, and childhood
Childhood
Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence. In developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of toddlerhood , early childhood , middle childhood , and adolescence .- Age ranges of childhood :The term childhood is non-specific and can imply a...

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The eight stories collected in the book are:
  • "The Rockpile
    The Rockpile (short story)
    "The Rockpile" is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot summary:Whilst Roy and John are forbidden to play on the Rockpile as the other boys from the neighborhood do, Roy decides to go anyway once, asking John not to tell anyone as he...

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  • "The Outing
    The Outing (short story)
    "The Outing" is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot introduction:On the Fourth of July, parishioners are having a church outing .-Plot summary:Father James tells his son Johnnie to be good, and the latter replies that he need not...

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  • "The Man Child
    The Man Child
    "The Man Child" is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot summary:It is Jamie's thirty-fourth birthday and he is at Eric's parent's to celebrate. Eric's father upbraids him for being alone, with no wife or children, only a dog and his...

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  • "Previous Condition
    Previous Condition
    "Previous Condition" is a 1948 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot introduction:Peter, an actor, is surreptitiously living in a white neighbourhood in New York.-Plot summary:...

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  • "Sonny's Blues
    Sonny's Blues (short story)
    "Sonny’s Blues" is a short story by James Baldwin. It later appeared in the 1965 short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot summary:...

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  • "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon
    This Morning, This Evening, So Soon
    "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon" is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot summary:The Narrator is spending his last night in Paris with his family and his sister, who is visiting....

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  • "Come Out the Wilderness
    Come Out the Wilderness
    "Come Out the Wilderness" is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot summary:...

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  • "Going to Meet the Man
    Going to Meet the Man (short story)
    "Going to Meet the Man" is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot summary:...

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