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  2. Amiri Baraka - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Black Art (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The poem sparked the beginning of the Black Arts Movement in poetry. [1] " Black Art" was published in The Liberator in January 1966, and subsequently re-published in numerous anthologies. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The poem is described as one of Baraka's most expressive political poems, as it uses sharp language, onomatopoeia and violence, yet it is one of ...

  4. Leroy Jones - Wikipedia

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    Leroi Jones or Amiri Baraka (1934–2014), American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name.

  5. Black Arts Movement - Wikipedia

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    The beginnings of the Black Arts Movement may be traced to 1965, when Amiri Baraka, at that time still known as Leroi Jones, moved uptown to establish the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School (BARTS) following the assassination of Malcolm X. [18] Rooted in the Nation of Islam, the Black Power movement and the Civil Rights Movement, the Black ...

  6. List of poets from the United States - Wikipedia

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    Amiri Baraka (a.k.a. Leroi Jones) (1934–2014) Coleman Barks (born 1937) Joel Barlow (1754–1812) Anita Barnard (born 1960) Mary Barnard (1909–2001) Djuna Barnes (1892–1982) Jim Barnes (born 1933) Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942) Catherine Barnett (born 1960) Laird Barron (born 1970) Bertha Hirsch Baruch; Todd Bash (born 1965) Ellen Bass ...

  7. List of films based on poems - Wikipedia

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    Poem Film(s) The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace (1488), Blind Harry: Braveheart (1995) Aeneid (29–19 BC), Publius Vergilius Maro: The Avenger (1962) "Annabel Lee" (1850), Edgar Allan Poe: The Avenging Conscience (1914) Argonautica (3rd century BC), Apollonius Rhodius: Hercules (Italian: Le ...

  8. Dutchman (play) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Beat Generation - Wikipedia

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    Mr. and Mrs. Jones were associated with several Beats (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Gregory Corso). That is, until the assassination of the Civil Rights leader, Malcolm X. During this time, LeRoi Jones branched off from the other Beat writers, including his wife, to find his identity among the African-American and Islamic communities.