Marvin X's Great Grandfather, Former Slave, Dies on Madera Ranch
Former Negro Slave Dies on Madera Ranch Ephraim Murrill, 99, who lived the first twenty years of his life as a Negro slave in North Carolina, died yesterday in his home on a Madera district ranch....
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Black Bird Press News & Review: Three Reviews: The Wisdom of Plato Negro by Marvin X
View Article(What did I do to be so) Black and Blue
Being black ain't so bad, it's just inconvenient!--elder black woman
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: A Marvin X poem for Miles Davis in Montreal -...
Black Bird Press News & Review: A Marvin X poem for Miles Davis in Montreal - Time After Time: And time is all we havetogethera moment or twodo not waste timeyou will look back to wonderwhat...
View ArticleMarvin X's Central Valley Tour, 2014
The Fresno Chapter of the NAACP proudly presentsMaster Teacher/Poet Marvin X. Jackmoninternationally known author/philosopherGraduated with honors from Edison High School, 1962Controversial lecturer in...
View ArticleMalcolm Little, the boy who grew up to become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz,...
This title will be released on January 7, 2014.Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, is an activist, motivational speaker, and author of the critically acclaimed Growing Up X— with Hajji Ali Davis.
View ArticleThe Central Valley Myth of Ephraim Murrill, Marvin X's Maternal Great...
Marvin X and Gregory Fields, Professor of Law at X's Academy of da Corner, 14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland. Ishmael Reed says Marvin X is Plato teaching on the streets of Oakland. Bob Holman calls...
View ArticleLet us continue in our prayers for the speedy recovery of Master Teacher and...
Fa salli li rabbika, so pray to your Lord! Allahu liman hamida: He hears those who praise Him. Rabbanlaka al hand: Our Lord to Thee is due all praise! The pen of a scholar is worth a thousand ignorant...
View ArticleAgain the Kora
The Kora taught melisten to the Bluesbut listen with eyes behind your headthird eye listenBlues take you beyondAli Farka played the Blues they sadAli said go beyond Americago ten thousand yearslet the...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda Takes control of Fallujah
Iraq loses control of Fallujah to Al-Qaeda-linked groupJanuary 4, 2014 11:04AM ET Updated 2:17PM ETIslamic State of Iraq and the Greater Syria is battling security forces and tribesmen in the Anbar...
View ArticleMarvin X now available for Black History Month
Marvin X Now Available for Bookings for Black History Month, 2014BOOKING AGENT: SUN IN LEO 718-496-2305Marvin X is now available for speaking and reading at collegesand universities. Contact his agent:...
View ArticleMarvin X will fast for Syria and the Hoods of USA
Congressman Keith Ellison, Syrian-American Mazen Halabi, Gail Daneker from Friends for a Nonviolent World and 15 other Minnesotans are preparing for a day long hunger strike in solidarity with Qusai...
View ArticleMrs. Amina Baraka on Amiri Baraka
Mrs. Amina BarakaMrs. Amina Baraka and Malika ImanIn a phone conversation with Marvin X, Mrs. Amina Baraka said the condition of her husband is not getting better. He is on dialysis and still fighting...
View ArticleMarvin X and the world fasts for Syria
Thanks to the organizers of Day of Solidarity with Syria - global demonstrations on Saturday, January 11. London, Dublin and Malmo, Sweden will also have groups doing a Solidarity Hunger Strike on that...
View ArticleColor of Change: End the New Jim Crow: Private Prisons
Three months into our monumental campaign to end for-profit incarceration, and we are already seeing real progress.Three months into our monumental campaign to end for-profit incarceration, and we are...
View ArticleMarvin X will be accompanied by his favorite musicians at UC Merced Black...
Living legend violinist Tarika Lewis will perform with Marvin X at BAM conference Percussionist Tacuma King will accompany the poet Trumpet master Earl Davis will be in da house. Earl was a member of...
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