Remember This House

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Remember This House
Author James Baldwin
LanguageEnglish
Genre Memoir, non-fiction
Publication date
Unreleased
Publication place United States

Remember This House is an unfinished manuscript by James Baldwin, a memoir of his personal recollections of civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. [1] [2]

Following Baldwin's 1987 death, publishing company McGraw-Hill sued his estate to recover the $200,000 advance they had paid him for the book, although the lawsuit was dropped by 1990. [1]

The manuscript forms the basis for Raoul Peck's 2016 documentary film I Am Not Your Negro . [3] In February 2017, Vintage International published the book I Am Not Your Negro to accompany the documentary. [2]

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  2. 1 2 Farley, Christopher John (January 25, 2017). "'I Am Not Your Negro' Gives Fresh Voice to James Baldwin". The Wall Street Journal . Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. Young, Deborah (September 20, 2016). "'I Am Not Your Negro': Film Review TIFF 2016". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 8 August 2018.