![]() ![]() ![]() Going to Meet the Man (1965) is a group of cogent short stories of the same period. These highly inflammatory works were accompanied by Another Country (1962), his third novel. Baldwin responded with three powerful books of essays: Nobody Knows My Name (1961), The Fire Next Time (1963), in which he all but predicts the outbursts of black anger to come, and More Notes of a Native Son. As the 1960s began-and violence in the South escalated-he became increasingly outraged. A popular speaker on the lecture circuit, Baldwin quickly discovered that social conditions for African Americans had become even more bleak while he was abroad. Returning to the United States after nine years abroad, Baldwin became known as the most eloquent literary spokesperson for the civil rights of African Americans.
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