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Black Bird Press News & Review: Marvin X (the Human Earthquake) Hits Harlem...

Black Bird Press News & Review: Marvin X (the Human Earthquake) Hits Harlem on Langston Hughes Birthday, Feb 1Marvin X tour schedule, 2014February 4New York University tribute to Jayne Cortez and...

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Press Release: Fresno native, poet-playwright Marvin X will speak at the...

For immediate releaseContact: Pamela Young King,President, Fresno Chapter, NAACP559-824-3661Press ReleaseThe Fresno Chapter of the NAACP is proud to present an afternoon with poet-playwright, activist,...

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Black Bird Press News & Review: Please Pray for Poet Jayne Cortez

Black Bird Press News & Review: About  Poet Jayne Cortez

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Marvin X Poems for Amina and Amiri Baraka

Of Love, Life and Death in da HoodAnd Job said it bestnaked I came and naked I goasethere is only one lesson to learn in this lifeNature Boy told usto love and be loved in returnall else illusionmoney...

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Afghanistan's Karzai in talks with Taliban, to hell with US!

Afghanistan's Karzai in secret talks with Taliban.View gallery.By Hamid ShaliziRelated StoriesHamid Karzai Has Been Trying (and Failing) to Secretly Negotiate With the Taliban The Atlantic WireAfghan...

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Marvin X: The Human Earthquake rocks NYU tribute to poets Jayne Cortez and...

 New Yorkers turned out tonight at the NYU tribute to ancestor poets Jayne Cortez and Amiri Baraka. A second room was opened after the first filled to capacity to hear poetic tributes to fire spitter...

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Poor offenders hounded over debts by private probation companies

Probation companies hound poor offenders over debtsby Michael Pizzi @michaelwpizzi February 5, 2014 12:15AM ETHuman Rights Watch says private contractors levy fees, threaten arrest for...

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Nigguh family mess: Dr. King's children fight over his archives

You can't bury the N word when you still acting like nigguhs!--Dr. Cornel WestDr. Bernice King’s Bombshell Charge: Brothers Want to Sell MLK’s Nobel Peace PrizeThe ongoing legal battle between Dr....

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NPR on Amiri Baraka

Author Amiri Baraka sparked a lot of controversy with his writings — and those controversies were reignited with his recent passing. Host Michel Martin speaks with author and professor Mark Anthony...

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Temple U. Professor Dr. Tony Montiero Cries Foul at White Supremacy...

If you on your job, you won't have a job!--60s sloganNo contract renewal has Temple prof crying foulWritten by  Samaria BaileyA Temple University African-American Studies professor is alleging that an...

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Ishmael Reed on Henry Louis Gates

JULY 27, 2009SHARE ON FACEBOOK4SHARE ON TWITTERSHARE ON GOOGLMORE SHARING SERVICEHow Henry Louis Gates Got Ordained as the Nation's "Leading Black Intellectual"Post-Race Scholar Yells Racismby ISHMAEL...

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Don't miss the Black Arts Movement Conference, UC Merced, Feb 28 thru March...

"I think what Black Arts did was inspire a whole lot of Black people to write. Moreover, there would be no multiculturalism movement without Black Arts. Latinos, Asian Americans, and others all say...

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La Tasha Diggs Report

Howdy from The La Digga Report!Dear folks,It's February. Can you believe it? Towards the end of my little hit as a Featured Blogger on Poetry Foundation's Harriet, I crashed.  The passage of Amiri...

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The Education of Jah Amiel

The Education of Jah AmielThe Education of Jah Amiel chronicles the life of a young North American African by his grandfather.Sunday, January 23, 2011The Education of Jah AmielThe Education of Jah...

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Oakland's Black Arts Renaissance

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Notes on Toni Morrison, Jayne Cortez and Amiri Baraka

 Tony MorrisonW.E.B. DuBois to Chairman Mao before a million people at Tienanmen Square,"Thank you for praising me, but in my country I am just a nigguh."Jayne Cortez and Amiri Baraka lives were...

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Ten Steps to Detox from the Addiction to White Supremacy by Marvin X

Here are some additional steps to Detox from White Supremacy 1. Turn off TVs and remove them from your house.2. Stop buying white supremacy movies and white movies in black face.3. Stop your woman and...

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Marvin X (the Human Earthquake) coming to Seatte WA soon

If you are Sleepless in Seattle, better rest before the Human Earthquake arrives to git down fada git down! Marvin X has been invited to drop science on the conscious  and unconscious community in...

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Black Women Lynched

Black Women who were Lynched in AmericaPosted on August 1, 2008 by Henrietta Vinton DavisThe lynching of Laura Nelson(Note: this post  is just a partial list of Black Women who were lynched in America....

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Michelle Alexander on White Supremacy

Is the New Jim Crow the Same Old White Supremacy?: On Michelle Alexanderposted Oct 1, 2013Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, will present...

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