Miles Davis - Time After Time (Live 1985)
Time after timeyou fk my mindflip flopflip top boxcome on babygenius mind babydon't drive me crazyNur is my Queenno other will sufficeNur quiets my soulNo other so boldyou know I'm wild mancatch me if...
View ArticleThe Black Arts Movement Theatre and Marvin X's Moby Dick, Nadar Ali, and...
Marvin X and his "fish" Nadar Ali, Director of Imports for the Nation of Islam."When Marvin X recruited me into the Nation of Islam, he changed my whole life and that of my family.The Muslims wanted...
View ArticleLove Notes for Jerry Vernado, San Francisco State University Strike Leader
In my early days at San Francisco State University, even after I joined the Negro Students Association, there were some Negro students were more blue than black. I wondered about those students who...
View ArticleWe Demand our own Security for Black Vendors at Lake Merritt
Black Vendor Association Planner/Organizer Marvin X met With Security Consultant Abdullah and Lake Merritt Bean Pie Vendor ClaytonThe Juneteenth homicide at Lake Merritt has prompted Black Vendor...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Marvin X on How to stop killing in the Pan African hood...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011Revised 9/26/21How to Stop Killing in the Pan African Hood by El Muhajir/Marvin XMarvin X, Black Bird Press Books and MagazinesWe are talking about a condition in the hearts of...
View ArticleOakland and Black Political History
Left to Right: Amiri Baraka and Marvin XAfter a 47 year friendship, this may be their final pic. Yes, they enjoyed joyful times together. With Baraka, Marvin X says, "I always had to be in a poetic...
View ArticleCharlie Parker with Strings - Just Friends
That sound like Charlie Parker to meBird and MilesDon't nobody sound like Parker except ParkerParker made style inimitable in the modern timesdefined style for all timesbut along with Miles, Coltrane,...
View ArticleAfrican Green Card Poem
African Green Card PoemFor Nisa Ra on her b dayalso for A.B., HEM, E.C. and Huey P. Newton and all my brothers and sisters in the BLM, known and unknown, warriors, veterans and martyrs. We salute...
View ArticleA line for Eldridge
A line for EldridgeA line for EldridgeI never knewstretching the ironing boardwe had to gocatch the planethe line consumed himI didn' t knowHe moved me from ghetto to Stanford nearbywanted me near him...
View ArticleParable of Dante and Sheniqua
Parable of Dante and Sheniqua Sylvia Robinson and LeRoi Jones RIP As I was departing my car to view a possible apartment, Dante came down the stairs and got into his car. As I needed a parking place,...
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