This poem tells the story of an African slave who is told to eat separately from a white family when company is over. ... Anne relays a statement given by a fellow poet of Hughes from his piece, "The Negro Artist and Racial Mountain.... This piece of information about his early life goes to show where his fighting spirit came from. ... In "The Negro Artist and Race Mountain," Hughes stressed the importance of an individual's identity and made an example to call on a poet who abandoned his own identity (Borden 2). ...

• Word Count: 1169
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His childhood and his relationship with his stepfather was the basis for his most famous novel, Got Tell it on the Mountain. ... His most famous novel, Got Tell It on the Mountain published in 1953, is an unusual depiction of a coming-of-age story of a fourteen year old boy, John Grimes. ... The novel takes place in Paris; the main character, like Baldwin, goes to Paris to both escape and to find himself. ...

• Word Count: 2437
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In 1953 he finished the partially autobiographical account of his youth, Go Tell It on the Mountain. ... First, in 1968, he published Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone as a bitter account of American racism. ...

• Word Count: 1677
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Baldwin finished his long-awaited first book, Go Tell It On The Mountain, during a stay in his companion's Swiss hometown, and published it in 1953. ... He later admitted that this was the book that he had to write if he was ever going to write anything else. ... Published in 1968, Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, is a bitterly incisive account of American racism. ...

• Word Count: 2618
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School