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康提．库伦：一个影响力深远的老师，为他的学生们打开的视野 (摄于纽约市中央公园)
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小说家、散文家，以及剧作家詹姆士．包得温 (James
Baldwin) 出生于1924年8月2日
包得温在1953年出版了他的第一本，也是他最有名的小说：向苍天呼吁 (Go Tell it on the Mountain) 。这是一本有关哈林区教堂成员的故事。包得温年轻时担任牧师的经验，使他写下这本书。包得温跟随着父亲的脚步，在他14岁时候就成为牧师。在那时候，包得温遇到了一个有名的诗人康提．库伦 (Countee Cullen) 。库伦是包得温念中学时的法文老师。在我们的生命中，都会遇到一些帮助我们查找未来方向的人。库伦是哈林区文艺复兴运动 (以艺术表达非裔美人的文化) 的领袖之一，就是指引包得温生涯方向的那个人。
Baldwin wrote his first and most famous novel,
Go Tell It on the Mountain published in 1953, about one day in the lives of members of a Harlem church. It was inspired by his experience as a young preacher. Following in his father's footsteps, Baldwin stepped onto the pulpit when he was only 14 years old. About this time, Baldwin met a famous poet named Countee Cullen. Cullen was Baldwin's middle school French teacher. We all have people in our lives that help us somehow get to the places we want to go. Cullen, a leader of the Harlem Renaissance (African American expression through the arts), did this for James Baldwin.
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