Baldwin also utilized his skills as an author to spread his message of racial inequalities present. In 1953 Baldwin published Go Tell It on the Mountain, a novel famous for its presentation of a Black family under the weight of religious conflict (Werlock). In 1963, the year Baldwin became a civil rights activist, he published The Fire Next Time, which discusses the roles of race in American history and the bonds between race and religion. Baldwin wrote numerous other essays on the racial inequalities of America, travelling the country to gain inspiration for many of his novels (James).
