Hudson on Baldwin's writing about race, sexuality, and belonging

James Baldwin was born in Harlem 102 years ago, and throughout his life he never stopped asking this country to live up to its promises of freedom.

He wrote with extraordinary honesty about race, sexuality, love, faith, and what it means to find your place in a country that so often tells you that you do not belong.

Baldwin's legacy is extraordinary not only because of what he wrote, but because of how fearlessly he lived and spoke his truth.