Open less than 24 hours, The Black Arts Movement Booking Agency has signed on notable clients, including Def Poetry Jam co-producer, Bruce George, Comedian/actor/director Donald Lacy, Felipe Luciano of the Last Poets, Sista Q of Harambee Radio and Gregory Walker of the Brother's Network. Nikki Giovanni declined. We suspect she has an exclusive contract with Jodi Solomon Agency, but she wished us well. Nikki was the only BAM poet to send a donation for the BAM 50th anniversary celebration at Oakland's Laney College, 2015. Thank you, Sista Nikki!
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Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Before joining the BPP, Bobby performed in Marvin X's BAM play Come Next Summer, 1965.
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HBO Def Poetry Jam's co-founder, Bruce George
Black Arts Movement founders, poet/playwright Marvin X and Felipe Luciano of the Last Poets
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Nefertiti Jackmon, recently assumed leadership of the Austin, Texas Black Arts and Culture District.She is seated next to her dad, Marvin X. She participated in the inter-generational discussion on BAM Babies at
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Nefertiti Jackmon, recently assumed leadership of the Austin, Texas Black Arts and Culture District.She is seated next to her dad, Marvin X. She participated in the inter-generational discussion on BAM Babies at the Black Arts Movement 50th Anniversary Celebration, Laney College, Oakland, 2015. She told her father to pass the baton!
Kujichagulia, multi-talented poet, musician, dancer, scholar. She is a member of the BAM Poet's Choir and Arkestra.
Nathan Hare, Ph.D., Ph.D., Sociologist, Clinical Psychologist, father of Black and Ethnic Studies. He was the first chairman of Black Studies on a major college campus, San Francisco State University.
TO: BAM Speakers and Artists Bureau
Attn: Marvin X
Planner, Black Arts Movement Business District
Thank you for your invitation to be listed as a speaker with the BAM Speakers and Artists Bureau.
It would be an honor -- and I should be delighted to do so. I look forward to complete any and all necessary or appropriate details and agreements to our mutual benefit and satisfaction.
Thank you,
Nathan Hare, Ph.D., Ph.D.
Gregory Walker, Creative Director of the Brother's Network