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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.
The phrase was taken from the poem, "Black People!" by Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones): "The magic words are: Up against the wall, mother fucker, this is a stick up!" This, in turn, was a reference to a phrase "supposedly barked by Newark cops to Negroes under custody."
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 ]
Poet and activist Amiri Baraka is remembered as one of the most important voices in American history. The story of The post Lauryn Hill executive produces documentary on Amiri Baraka’s family ...
In 1974, CAP became the Revolutionary Communist League (Marxist-Leninist-Mao Tse-tung Thought), led by Amiri Baraka. [1] In 1980, the RCL merged into the League of Revolutionary Struggle (Marxist-Leninist). [1] When this group split, some former CAP members joined the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. [citation needed]
Hettie Jones, an award-winning author, publisher and educator who was the first wife and early muse of the author-poet-activist Amiri Baraka and one of the few women in the Beat literary community ...
Dutchman, an off-Broadway play by African-American playwright LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka) premiered at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York's Greenwich Village. It would win the Obie Award for Best American Play later in the year and be turned into a film in 1967. [130]
Dutchman is a play written by playwright Amiri Baraka, then known as LeRoi Jones. [1] Dutchman was first presented at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village, New York City, in March 1964 co-produced by Rita Fredricks. The play won an Obie Award; it shared this distinction with Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro. [2]