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>> he knew most of them, like truman capote, of course, and someone like marily marlon brana great friendey knew each other when both of them were not famous, and marlon used to visit baldwin and just crash in his bedroom two days because he wanted to be away from the hollywood circus. so he had great friends, black and white, and the artists, a lot of musicians. and there was, by the way, a great sense of solidarity among black artists, writers, musicians, they knew each other. he had been a great elder for myia angelou and all those. he felt, you know, a sort of responsibility for them. even the younger, more radical leadership, people like angela davis, he wrote a beautiful essay when angela davis was in prison. and some of the leadership in the black panther were somehow critical of him at some point, but he kept close to them, like the elder, the older brother he was, you know, he raised money for them, he visited them in prison. so he had really a role, and many other people, like harry belafonte, sidney poitier, they were really careful and protective of the younger generation. >>