Best Baldwin
'Margaret's final sermon' is a monologue from The Amen Corner, a play by James Baldwin first produced in 1955. The speaker, Margaret Alexander, is a storefront Pentecostal preacher in Harlem whose authority over her congregation and family is the play's central conflict. In the speech, Margaret wres...
Giovanni's Room is a 1956 novel by James Baldwin, published by Dial Press and set largely in Paris. It follows David, a young white American, and his relationship with the Italian bartender Giovanni, treating same-sex desire, guilt, and expatriation with a directness unusual in mid-century American...
"Go Tell It on the Mountain" is a semi-autobiographical novel by American writer James Baldwin, originally published in 1953. The narrative explores the religious and familial dynamics of the Grimes family, focusing on a teenage boy's spiritual awakening in a Harlem Pentecostal church. Baldwin utili...
The Baldwin RF16, commonly known as the Shark Nose, was a diesel-electric cab unit locomotive produced by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between 1950 and 1953. It was named for its distinctively streamlined, sharply tapered front end, which was designed to improve aesthetics and crew visibility. The R...
Produced in 1947, the Baldwin DR-4-4-1500 was an American passenger diesel-electric locomotive known for its distinctive sharknose styling designed by Raymond Loewy.
