Amiri Baraka Critiques the Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American...
This is a bizarre collection. It seems that it has been pulled together as a relentless “anti” to one thing: the Black Arts Movement. Charles Henry Rowell’s introduction and many of the quotes he...
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Ras BarakaRas Baraka is a politician and activist from Newark, New Jersey. He currently serves on Newark's city council representing the South Ward and is also principal of the city's Central High...
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View ArticleAugust Wilsons Fences, produced by The Lower Bottom Playaz (Dr. Ayodele...
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S.O.S.--Calling All Black PeopleA Black Arts Movement ReaderA major anthology of readings from the Black Arts MovementEDITED BY JOHN H. BRACEY JR., SONIA SANCHEZ, AND JAMES SMETHURSTFebruary, 2014ISBN...
View ArticleUSA can't confirm use of chemical weapons in Syria, but can see water on Mars
After the great Massacre committed by the Syrian regime and the 1,800 killed by Chemical Weapons in Damascus city, Washington says it is "unable to determine"whether chemical weapons were used in Syria...
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Black Bird Press News & Review: Support Black Power Baby Muhammida El Muhajir's World Tour
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Black Bird Press News & Review: Young Men Dialogue at Marvin X's Peripatetic Academy of da Corner
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Black Bird Press News & Review: Next Mayor of Newark, NJ: Ras Baraka, Black Power Baby!
View ArticleCrack a book before you are booked for Crack!--Paul Cobb
National Prisoner Book DayMalcolm X (El Hajj Malik El Shabazz)George Jackson,Soledad BrotherEldridge Cleaver,author Soul on IceNational Prisoner Book DayBay Area Black Authors and the Post Newspaper...
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Dr. Yacoub's America
Black Bird Press News & Review: Dr. Yacoub's America
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Dr. Yacoub's AmericaDr. Yacoub's AmericaIn the populist black studies of Elijah Muhammad, we are taught a big-head scientist genetically engineered the white man by separating the dominant and...
View ArticleThe Hypocritical USA: On the Road to Damascus/Armageddon
Firstly, we ask did not the US support Iraq in its use of chemical weapons in the Iraq/Iran war? Did not the US use chemical weapons in the battle of Fallujah? Did not The US's client state Israel use...
View ArticleHow to Live in the No Stress Zone
photo of Marvin X and Akhbar Muhammad (Larry X. Prescott) in St. Louis, MOMarvin participated in Muhammad's Book fairHow to live in the No Stress Zone It is what it is, they say in the hood. When...
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Parable of a Real Woman by Marvin X
Black Bird Press News & Review: Parable of a Real Woman by Marvin X
View ArticlePlease Please Stop the Madness-Driven Violence
How can violence stop with a trillion dollar war budget by the American military-corporate killing machine? While Charlie is killing around the world, why should little Johnny stop killing in the...
View ArticleDrama by David Glover: Old Happens!
Old Happens!Dinner Show "Old happens. If you think I'm lying, just keep on breathing." Written and Performed By David GloverandDirected By Phillip Walker--Old Happens is a solo performance play--about...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: Shallow Scholarship at Howard University Black Arts...
Askia is not all wrong. I have heard many black intellectuals give revisionist black history talks, skipping from Marcus Garvey to Malcolm X, leaving out any mention of Elijah Muhammad. This is sick...
View ArticleCalifornia Prisoner Hunger Strike Continues
Posted on August 27, 2013 by prisonerhungerstrikesolidarityAs prisoners mark day 51 of their hunger strike, lawyers and advocates continue to express outrage at the California Department of Correction...
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