![]() Like John, Baldwin was expected to become a preacher like his father, but he believed Christianity to be hypocritical and inherently racist, and he left organized religion after his teenage years. He wrote a play that was performed by the student body, contributed to the school newspaper, and is even credited with writing the school’s official song. Baldwin attended Public School 24 in New York City and began writing at a young age. David Baldwin was cruel and abusive, just as Gabriel is to John in Go Tell It on the Mountain, and he later died of tuberculosis when Baldwin was not yet 20. The couple had eight more children together, and Baldwin’s stepfather had one son from his previous marriage as well. Jones left Baldwin’s biological father, who was a drug addict, before Baldwin was born and married David Baldwin, a Baptist preacher. ![]() Baldwin was born at Harlem Hospital to Emma Berdis Jones in 1924. ![]()
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