Going to Meet the Man, published in 1965, is a short-story collection by American writer James Baldwin

James Baldwin (writer)

James Arthur Baldwin was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic.Baldwin's essays, for instance "Notes of a Native Son" , explore palpable yet unspoken intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies, most notably in mid-20th century America,...

. The book is dedicated "for Beauford Delaney

Beauford Delaney

Beauford Delaney was an American modernist painter.-Early life:Beauford Delaney was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, in 1901. Delaney’s parents were prominent and respected members of Knoxville's black community. His father Samuel was both a barber and a Methodist minister...

." It covers many topics related to anti-Black racism

Racism

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 in American society, as well as the creative process, jazz

Jazz

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, drug addiction, family

Family

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 relationships, African-American-Jewish relations, lynching

Lynching

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, sexuality

Human sexuality

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, criminal justice

Criminal justice

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, white supremacy

White supremacy

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, and childhood

Childhood

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The eight stories collected in the book are:

• "The Rockpile
  The Rockpile (short story)
  "The Rockpile" is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot summary:Whilst Roy and John are forbidden to play on the Rockpile as the other boys from the neighborhood do, Roy decides to go anyway once, asking John not to tell anyone as he...
  
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• "The Outing
  The Outing (short story)
  "The Outing" is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot introduction:On the Fourth of July, parishioners are having a church outing .-Plot summary:Father James tells his son Johnnie to be good, and the latter replies that he need not...
  
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• "The Man Child
  The Man Child
  "The Man Child" is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot summary:It is Jamie's thirty-fourth birthday and he is at Eric's parent's to celebrate. Eric's father upbraids him for being alone, with no wife or children, only a dog and his...
  
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• "Previous Condition
  Previous Condition
  "Previous Condition" is a 1948 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot introduction:Peter, an actor, is surreptitiously living in a white neighbourhood in New York.-Plot summary:...
  
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• "Sonny's Blues
  Sonny's Blues (short story)
  "Sonny’s Blues" is a short story by James Baldwin. It later appeared in the 1965 short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot summary:...
  
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• "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon
  This Morning, This Evening, So Soon
  "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon" is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot summary:The Narrator is spending his last night in Paris with his family and his sister, who is visiting....
  
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• "Come Out the Wilderness
  Come Out the Wilderness
  "Come Out the Wilderness" is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot summary:...
  
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• "Going to Meet the Man
  Going to Meet the Man (short story)
  "Going to Meet the Man" is a 1965 short story by James Baldwin, taken from the short story collection, Going to Meet the Man.-Plot summary:...
  
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