Bill V. Mullen is Professor of American Studies at Purdue University. He is co-editor with Ashley Dawson of Against Apartheid: The Case for Boycotting Israeli Universities (Haymarket, 2015). He is the author of W.E.B. Du Bois: Revolutionary Across the Color Line (Pluto Press, 2016).

Illustrations
Preface: James Baldwin-A Revolutionary For Our Time
1. Baptism by Fire: Childhood and Youth, 1924-42
2. Dissidence, Disillusionment, Resistance: 1942-48
3. Political Exile and Survival: 1948-57
4. Paying His Dues: 1957-63
5. Baldwin and Black Power: 1963-68
6. Morbid Symptoms and Optimism of the Will: 1968-79
7. Final Acts
Postscript: Baldwin's Queer Legacies
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index