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The poem itself is about poems and how black artists must stand for being black and not copy or imitate white poets. Baraka is calling for black artists to have meaning in their art and produce content that defends their blackness. Baraka felt that his work should fully divulge the nationwide racism and create "poems that kill".
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.
Ron Allen, poet, playwright [1]; Elizabeth Alexander, poet, essayist, playwright [2]; Maya Angelou, novelist, poet, and activist [3]; Amiri Baraka, poet, writer ...
Pages in category "Poetry by Amiri Baraka" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Black Art (poem)
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 ...
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."
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Jones is the daughter of poets Hettie Jones and Amiri Baraka. [4] Jones graduated from Amherst College in 1981. [5] She was awarded a Ph.D. by Yale University in 1999. [6] Her research interests include African Diaspora and African American artists, Latin American and Latino/a artists, and problems in contemporary art and museum theory. [1]