Background Knowledge ●1. About the author o James baldwin and his major works o-a leading Negro novelist and essayist in the 50s O --a major spokesman for his race in the civil rights movement of the 60sI. Background Knowledge ⚫ 1. About the author ⚫ James Baldwin, and his major works ⚫ --a leading Negro novelist and essayist in the 50’s ⚫ --a major spokesman for his race in the civil rights movement of the 60’s