On the occasion of the centennial celebration of writer and activist James Baldwin’s birth, GME pays tribute to his life, body of work, and lasting cultural impact with this photograph, taken by Raimondo Borea in 1979. An integral figure of both the civil rights and gay liberation movements of the 1960s and ‘70s, Baldwin — a Black, gay man — unabashedly tackled themes of racial inequality, masculinity, sexuality, and class in his writings, many of which are now heralded as significant 20th century American works.