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Two Poems for the People of Syria by Marvin X and Mohja Kahf
Oh, Mohjahow much water can run from rivers to seahow much blood can soak the earththe guns of tyrants know no enda people awakened are bigger than bulletsthere is no sleep in their eyesno more stunted...
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The Wisdom of Plato Negro, Parables/fables
Marvin X and Gregory Fields at Academy of da Corner, 14th and Broadway, downtown OaklandAnd Professor Gregory asked Plato Negro: "Most humble master teacher, Plato Negro, Dr. M, Rumi, Saadi, Hafiz, the...
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Marvin X reviews The Butler
We would like to say The Butler jarred our collective memory, but Dr. Nathan Hare says we have no collective memory, thus we cannot suffer amnesia for amnesia presumes we lost something or forgot...
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From the Archives: Marvin X reviews The Great Debaters
This is a coming of age film of the North American African Nation. It is about a people regaining their consciousness after decades of obscurity. This film puts them back properly in the time and space...
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Dr. Nathan Hare on Marvin X, Back from the Dead; On Memory and Consciousness...
Dr. M, Dr. Julia Hare, Dr. Nathan Hare, Attorney Amira Jackmon Good morning, Dr. M. Welcome back. Our recent astonishment soon caused us to question what had seemed a most credible report of your...
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Afro-Mexican Activists Demand Justice in the case of Malcolm Latif Shabazz's...
Piden justicia en caso Malcolm Latif. Afromexicanos inician huelga de hambre.Posted on July 28, 2013 by Ourstorian Afro-Mexican activists are demanding justice in the case of the...
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Journal of Pan African Studies
CURRENT ISSUE Volume 6 • Number 3 • 2013Guest Editor: Msia Kibona Clark, assistant professor of Pan African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles and 2013/2014 Fulbright Scholar at the...
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Playwright August Wilson's Ten Plays
Enjoy this Unique Theatrical Celebration: August Wilson's Ten Playsby anzinga For the first time ever, actors will perform readings of August Wilson's ten plays on African American life in the 20th...
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From the Archives: Plato Negro on Oakland's Need for Radical Spirituality
Plato Negro on Oakland's Need for Radical Spirituality We know the spirit world is beyond color, therefore we must pray for all those slaughtered on the streets of Oakland, whether police or citizens....
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Marvin X's Fictional Interview With President...
Black Bird Press News & Review: Marvin X's Fictional Interview With President ObamaAs per Afghanistan, we have promised the Taliban if they lay down their arms, we will give them schooling, housing...
View ArticleKhalid Muhammad Speech That Got Him Relieved From His Nation Of Islam P...
Marvin X, on behalf of himself and Dr. Huey P. Newton, forever thanks and praises ancestor Dr. Khalid Muhammad for coming to Oakland CA searching for Marvin and Huey to save us from Crack."I was so...
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Marvin X: Parable of the Green Revolution
Can man stop the ash cloud over Europe? A man was asked about the future of books. He answered, the question is not about the future of books but the future of man!--Plato NegroPresident Evo Morales,...
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Marvin X reviews Sonia Sanchez--Wounded in the House of a Friend
Sonia Sanchez is a poet to be heard and not read: in the hearing is the reading, for she is in the oral tradition, going back to the Nile River poets, the Congo River poets and the West African...
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My Little Mosque, a poem by Mohja Kahf
Poet Mohja Kahf invited fellow poet Marvin X to read at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Little Mosque Poems By Mohja Kahf In my little mosque there is no room for me to pray. I am...
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Call for Papers: University of California, Merced, Conference on The Black...
Sonia Sanchez, Queen Mother of BAM Askia Toure, Rolland Snellings, one of the BAM Godfathers Amina and Amiri Baraka, Queen and King of BAM Marvin X, West Coast Godfather of BAM In less than five...
View ArticleTake Charge of Your Health with Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson
Alameda County Supervisor Keith CarsonInvites you to:TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTHSaturday, September 21, 20139 AM – 2 PMOakland Technical High School Auditorium4351 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94609FREE AND...
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: My Little Mosque, a poem by Mohja Kahf
Black Bird Press News & Review: My Little Mosque, a poem by Mohja KahfA poem every Muslim should read. Don't be in denial! Islam can be, in practice, as racist and sexist as any other patriarchal...
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Violinist Tarika Lewis will perform with Marvin X at the UC Merced Black Arts...
Tarika Lewis was the first female to join the Black Panther Party. She has been a part of John Handy's band, performing internationally.
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