Amiri Baraka Obituary
AMIRI BARAKA OBITUARY10/7/1934 - 1/9/2014| Amiri Baraka (AP Photo/Mike Derer, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems,...
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A Tribute to Amiri BarakaOctober 7, 1934 -- January 9, 2014Invited Participants Dr. Cornel West Marvin X and Tarika Lewis Ishmael Reed Dr. Ayodele Nzinga Dr. Nathan Hare Judy Juanita Ras Baraka Earl...
View ArticleMarvin X speaks at the funeral of AB, his partner in rhymes and other crimes
"I came to represent the West Coast! I'm from Oakland. Newark, NJ reminds me of Oakland, e.g., Market and Broad is like 14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland, except there are more Bloods on Market and...
View ArticleLiving Black History: Marvin X Speaks in Fresno at the Hinton Center
Marvin X will also speak at Fresno City College, February 24, 10AM, sponsored by the Black Studies Department. He will dialogue with Kehindi Solwazi, Professor Emeritus at FCC.He is co-producer with...
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:A Marvin X poem for Miles Davis in Montreal - Time After TimeAnd time is all we havetogethera moment or...
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: WURD Speaks: Black Power Babies
Black Power Babies is a production of Muhammida El Muhajir, daughter of Marvin X and Nisa Ra.On stage with her is Mrs. Amina Baraka, Amiri Baraka, Jr., Marvin X and Bumi, with her mother, founder of...
View ArticleBerkeley Black History Month Celebration
Having successfully produced twenty-seven Juneteenth Festivals, Berkeley Juneteenth Association, Inc. (BJAI) will expand its reach by hosting the First Annual Black History Month Celebration in...
View ArticleAmiri Baraka in conversation with Marvin X at the Lannan Foundation, Santa...
Amiri Baraka with Marvin X, 11 March 2009 – AudioRecorded at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on March 11, 2009.Amiri Baraka, (née Everett LeRoi Jones) author of over 40 books of essays,...
View ArticleMarvin X on freedom or discipline, the mind or the behind!
Marvin X is interviewed by young journalist Penjarvis Harshaw at Marvin'sAcademy of da Corner, 14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland. Ishmael Reed saysMarvin X is Plato teaching on the streets of...
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