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Amiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, [1] was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism.
50/60 Vision: Plays and Playwrights That Changed The Theatre (Thirteen Plays in Repertory); Conceived and produced by Edward Parone; Plays by Edward Albee, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Eugène Ionesco, Harold Pinter and Sam Shepard; Directed by Michael Arabian, Peter C. Brosius, Daniel O'Connor, Carey Perloff and ...
The poet and playwright Amiri Baraka is widely recognized as the founder of BAM. [8] In 1965, he established the Black Arts Repertory Theatre School (BART/S) in Harlem. [9] Baraka's example inspired many others to create organizations across the United States. [4] While many of these organizations were short-lived, their work has had a lasting ...
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Why Is We Americans explores the Baraka family through the lens of Amiri Baraka, a poet and activist. [1] The film opens with archival footage of Amiri speaking at the 1972 National Black Political Convention , intermixed with footage of his son Ras Baraka 's campaign for mayor of Newark . [ 2 ]
Amiri Baraka was born in Newark, New Jersey on October 7, 1934, as Everett Leroy Jones. [23] He lived there for his entire life. He changed his name to LeRoi, meaning "the king." Later, Baraka changed his name to "Amiri", the Swahili word for "the king." Baraka grew up in the era of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism; Shauna Barbosa (born c. 1988), poet; Steven Barnes (born 1952) Lindon W. Barrett (1961–2008) Samuel Alfred Beadle (1857–1932) Paul Beatty (born 1962) Robert Beck (1918–1992) Christopher C. Bell (born 1933) Derrick Bell (1930–2011) Brit Bennett ...
Baraka's stage play was made into a film in 1967, starring Shirley Knight and Al Freeman Jr. Dutchman was the last play produced by Baraka under his birth name, LeRoi Jones. At the time, he was in the process of divorcing his Jewish wife, Hettie Jones , embracing Black nationalism , and after lamenting the death of Malcolm X in 1965.