![Photo of James Baldwin and his nephew outside of Lewis H. Michaux's African National Memorial Bookstore.](https://sites.miamioh.edu/a-lens-for-freedom-civil-rights-photographs-by-steve-schapiro/files/2022/10/LensForFreedomWordpressFeaturedImage-19-326x245.png)
James Baldwin with his nephew and namesake outside Lewis H. Michaux’s African National Memorial Bookstore, Harlem
James Baldwin (right), born and raised in Harlem, New York, was a prominent writer and activist in the Civil Rights Movement and the Gay Rights […]