Robert College
Private school in Istanbul, TürkiyeWikipedia
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Sep 16, 2026
Hallerin Hilton HillHOST
How and where did you meet James Baldwin?
David LeemingGUEST
Well, a man came to me, one of my colleagues, one of our fellow teachers at this Robert College in Istanbul, said to me, there's an African American, well, in those days they didn't say that.
David LeemingGUEST
He said, there's a Negro writer who's coming to town, and he'd like to meet other Americans in Istanbul, maybe to see what they're like.
David LeemingGUEST
And I had never read anything by him.
Rich RobertsHOST
Uh, let's see.
Rich RobertsHOST
What else we got? Um, 163 years ago, Robert College, the first American educational institution outside the United States, was founded in, uh, Istanbul by American, um, philanthropist Christopher Robert.
Rich RobertsHOST
Situated on a 265 acre...
Rich RobertsHOST
This was back when? 16th...