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  2. Amiri Baraka - Wikipedia

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    Amiri Baraka died on January 9, 2014, at Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, after being hospitalized in the facility's intensive care unit for one month before his death. The cause of death was not reported initially, but it is mentioned that Baraka had a long struggle with diabetes. [ 69 ]

  3. Hettie Jones, publisher, educator and award-winning poet and ...

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    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 ...

  4. Why Is We Americans? - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  5. Amina Baraka - Wikipedia

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    In 1974, Baraka organized an African women's conference that was held at Rutgers University. [1] In 1978, Amina and her spouse Amiri Baraka authored a collection of poems entitled Songs for the Masses. In 1983 and 1987, Amina and Amiri Baraka co-edited Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women, and The Music: Reflections on Jazz and ...

  6. Lauryn Hill executive produces documentary on Amiri Baraka’s ...

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    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 ...

  7. 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.

  8. New Details Emerge in the ‘Unique’ Death of Adult Film Star ...

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    Two weeks after the 26-year-old's sudden passing, Albuquerque police confirmed they're investigating it as a 'suspicious death.' New Details Emerge in the ‘Unique’ Death of Adult Film Star ...

  9. Horrifying images show maniac Sebastian Zapeta-Calil ... - AOL

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    Surveillance images captured by MTA cameras in the F train car allegedly show Sebastian Zapeta standing in the mostly empty F train car, his hands in his hoodie pockets, as flames engulf the woman.