Drafts and proofsBaldwin, James, 1924-19871962-1966"The Uses of the Blues," 1964, holograph draft fragment, annotated typescript, and proof, and "The Man Child," 1966, proof, both published in Playboy.James Baldwin (1924-1987) was an American author and activist in the American civil rights movement.Purchased from the William Reese Company on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2010.text