Well, at the time I would have done anything to meet James Baldwin. "He was really trying to get me to do this and he asked me what would it take. The show’s producer, the famous Ellis Haizlip, asked Giovanni to host but she declined, feeling she wasn't prepared for such a big moment.Īlvin Poussaint, a globally known Harvard University professor and psychiatrist who specialized in African American studies, attempted to persuade her. Giovanni recalls her relationship with Baldwin ‒ Jimmy, as she refers to him ‒ and how she got to meet the man she looked up to. They discussed Black love and family, and topics centered around African American culture. Spratley, Esquire, Court Appointed Administrator State of Beauford Delaney by permission of Derek L. James Baldwin and Beauford Delaney, Paris, circa 1960.
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