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[REBROADCAST FROM August 7, 2024] In honor of the 100th birthday of writer and activist James Baldwin, The New York Public Library will present two exhibitions; James Baldwin: Mountain to Fire at the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library's Treasures and JIMMY! God’s Black Revolutionary Mouth . The respective curators of both shows, Charles Cuykendall Carter , assistant curator of the Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley, and Barrye Brown , Schomburg Center Curator of Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books, join us to discuss the initiative.