Seattle: the Human Earthquake Hit Seattle on Schedule, 3pm, Saturday, July 12

After stopping downtown Seattle at a Muslim rally protesting the latest escalation of  genocide in Gaza,



Marvin X caught the bus to the site of his reading/book-signing, the Life Enrichment Bookstore on Rainer Ave. S.
After addressing the audience for two hours on the process of establishing a mental health peer group to recover from the addiction to white supremacy, the human earthquake concluded his talk due to the extreme heat of the day, after all, he was drenching with sweat, his shirt soaking wet. His host had provided him with a cold towel which he used to wipe his face throughout his talk.

He concluded his talk with questions and answers. A man asked what he thought about Seattle? Marvin X replied, "Well, as per the addiction to white supremacy, the irony is that in Seattle the Blacks are white and the Whites are black!

I gave out cards downtown to promote this event, many Blacks didn't want the card, but Whites wanted to know what I was giving out and took the card. Now, not all Blacks were negative, several brothers thanked me for making them take the card. After he read it, one said, "Brother, thank you for making me take the card. This was a conscious brother. So they are there, And they seek out conscious sisters, though they say the sisters are sucked into the white hole of while supremacy.

Surely, those who know Seattle, know full well the racial paradigm is of mixed breed. One can see whites walking with black babies and Blacks walking with white babies. True dat! But check this out. One can hear jazz music everywhere, on the elevator in Macy's, Norstroms, etc. This is a hip city.


Marvin X has associated himself with Syrian poet/professor Dr. Mohja Kahf, who teachers at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Kahf invited Marvin X to speak at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Marvin X spoke to the Blue Grass poets of Appalachia. Poet Mohja was overwhelmed when the poet addressed emotional violence. She told the poet her father was a family abuser who traumatized his children. Poet Mohja is of Syrian origin, so she related to Marvin whose son attended the University of Damascus.

Marvin X and his adopted aunt and uncle, Dr. Julia and Dr. Nathan Hare. On Right, Stanford Law School graduate,  Attorney Amira Jackmon, senior agent of the Drs. Julia and Nathan Hare Archives. Partial archives were acquired by the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.


Marvin X and his Master Teacher and associate Sun Ra, who Marvin X worked with coast to coast. One cannot understand Marvin X without understanding the music and drama of Sun Ra and his Arkestra. Sun Ra is the mythological genius mind behind Amiri Baraka and Marvin X. If you want to understand Amiri Baraka and Marvin X, and the Black Arts Movement in general, study Sun Ra. He is the mythological foundation of BAM, including Amiri Baraka on the east coast and Marvin X on the west coast. Sun Run influenced AB and MX, so don't think you can understand BAM and negate Sun Ra. He is the Master Teacher, he taught us the fullness of Black Arts Movement theatre. What would we know about BAM theatre without Sun Ran's music, poetry, song, dance, lights, sound, costume.
Space is the Place. Space is thew Place.












A mental health worker asked, "Mr. X, you said the Black psychologists are trying to get certified in African holistic healing methods. How does one go about that and still be certified in white supremacy healing? You can contact the National Association of Black Psychologists, but I don't think the white supremacy boards of certification give a damn about African holistic methods as per the recovery of North American Africans from the ravages of white supremacy Type II."

Marvin X's oldest sister, Donna Jackmon Hart, oldest of his six sisters. Their mother, Marian M. Jackmon, gave birth to nine children, six females and three males, Marvin is the second oldest. The oldest is his brother Ollie, a year older. Ollie was a part of Black history as well. He was in prison during the time of George Jackson, Eldridge Cleaver, and Sundiata Willie Tate of the San Quentin Six. Sundiata Tate told Marvin a few years ago, "Man, the last time I saw your brother, Ollie, was in San Quentin, 1968.

Marvin's sister Donna wasn't sure there was air conditioning so she didn't make it. Big Sis was right, there were only a couple of fans and Marvin cut short his lecture because of the heat. By the time he ended his lecture, he was sweating like James Brown. But his sister told her white friend to attend and she told Donna about it. Donna texted her brother, "The lady said you're a powerful speaker and you enlightened her about whites and blacks, so kudos to you!"

Donna was a witness to Black history: she worked at the poverty program where Bobby Seale and Huey Newton worked when they formed the Black Panther Party. She remembers when Little Bobby Hutton was recruited at the office. As we know, little Bobby became the third member of the BPP at sixteen. Donna also remembers being introduced to LeRoi Jones, aka Amiri Baraka, by her brother, circa 1965.