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Love the lake or fuck the lake
Marvin X, Co-founder of the Black Arts Movement and Oakland's Black Arts Movement Business DistrictWhen the Black Arts Movement Business District was established by the City of Oakland, January 19,...
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Poem of the mountain
Poets made their way up the mountain to readHappy poemsApples flowers lemon poemsSweet sour love poemsWar poems to end war foreverPoets shouted from the.mountainTo the valley of sweet water...
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Notes on the Black Arts Movement Business District and Street Vendors in...
Many North American African street vendors, especially those who attempted to vend on the east side of Lake Merritt, i.e., Lakeshore Avenue, should be aware of SB946, the bill on vending in California...
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MARVIN X reads his poem In the Name of Love, music arranged by Ahi Baraka
Love is all there is, nothing else exists except the opposite of love, hate.Yet, hate is only an energy twisted on the road to love, like God is love so the devilcomes to challenge the love of God. Yet...
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Marvin X with friends in the Central Valley
Left to right: Mrs. Doris Easley, MX and Wilma Dean
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New Poem by Marvin X: American ghosts
Marvin X at Laney College, Oakland CAphoto Alicia MayoAmerican GhostsSometime long agoback into the winds of timeafter hollow declarations of freedomliberty or deathyet soon come slaverynegating holy...
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New Poem by Marvin X: American Ghosts
Marvin X reading at the University of Chicago Sun Ra Conference on Afrofuturism, 2015photo Burrell SunriseSometime long agoback in winds of timeafter hollow declarations of freedomliberty or deathsoon...
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Guilty bitch killer pig devil, Guilty on all charges
Marvin X at Ocean Beach, San Franciscophoto Adam TurnerPreface by Marvin XSadly, there are those who suffer the low information vibration mentality. No matter what, they support pig murder of North...
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Parable of the stray cat
Parable of the Stray CatAfter I lost my left eye as the victim of partner violence, my daughters begged me, "Dad, please, no more stray cats in your house, please Dad!" Yes, I am guilty of loving...
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In the land of my daughters
IN THE LAND OF MY DAUGHTERSIn the land of my daughtersLive no bitches ho’sOnly super womenReady to rule the worldTolerate meOnly because I am fatherIn the new world they would jack meFor reactionary...
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I am the New Black Man
The New Black ManFor James, Jordan and JahmeelI am the New Black ManI respect womenDemand they respect meI love my grandfather but do not speak his languageMy mother taught me betterI love my...
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Politricks, the Art of Deception
, 1 Politricks is simply the art of deception or how to gain power with lies, for as Ancestor Dr Julia Hare noted, "I know of no politrickcian with truth at the top of their agenda!" A politrickcian...
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The Niggafication of America
Marvin X in Harlem, 1968photo Doug Harris James Baldwin in Harlem, cerca 1968Harlem NotesIn my 1968 interview with James Baldwin at his New York apartment, he stated emphatically, "We the only thing...
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Revised toward a solution: Parable of Global Insanity
Parable of Global Insanity"Let's go crazy!"--Prince"It's a wonder we all haven't gone stark raving mad!"--James Baldwin"Tales of the Out and Gone"--Amiri Baraka"Mental disorders are epidemic in...
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Black Bird Press News and Review: Books ReceivedThe Poetical Works of W.E.B. DuBois, Edited by J. Vern CromartieBeyond the Car-Window Sociology Approach, Eight Essays by W.E.B. DuBoisEdited by J. Vern...
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Parable of Stupid Shit in the Name of Love
Marvin X at San Francisco Ocean Beach at sunsetphoto Adam TurnerParable of Stupid ShitThe world is full of stupid shit. I was taught in Boy Scout's: Be Prepared. The Bible says adorn yourselves with...
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Parable of a weak-ass nigga
Parable of a Weak-ass NiggaMarvin X at the University of Chicago, 2015photo Burrell Sunrise At my Academy of Da Corner, 14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland, I used to hear many things, not only from...
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