This edited version of "A Conversation With James Baldwin" contains the entire interview with Baldwin recorded for "Perspectives: Negro and the American Promise." The full program, produced by Henry Morgenthau, includes Dr. Kenneth Clark interviewing author James Baldwin shortly after Baldwin's now famous 1963 meeting with United States Attorney General Robert Kennedy regarding the state of Civil Rights in this country. This program contains the same Baldwin interview that is found in the program "Negro And The American Promise." The difference between the two is that this interview is presented as a standalone program, with introductory and closing comments by Morgenthau; whereas the "American Promise" program incorporates the Baldwin interview (same run time), along with others, into a longer program. Other "Negro and the American Promise" interviewees are Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. This record is part of the Literature section of the Soul of Black Identity special collection.
