Marvin X on War in the Hood
America is the Black man's battleground. As I travel the streets of Oakland, I run into police at crime scenes, streets taped and markings for bullet casings. It is almost daily or weekly. This is...
View ArticleFor the Women by Marvin X
Women Writers Panel at Black Arts Movement 50th Anniversary Celebration, Laney College, Oakland, Feb. 7, 2015. L to R: Elaine Brown, Halifu Osumare, Judy Juanita, Portia Anderson, Kujichagulia, Aries...
View ArticleFrom the Archives of Marvin X, the USA's Rumi, Saadi, Hafiz, Plato
Al Fitnah MuhajirWhen you enterstrange citiesbe silentin the streetsbut speakwith allyou meetAnd you will seeas the people seethe poor peopleare very rich.When you entertheir homeseat with themor they...
View ArticlePeralta Colleges honors Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party;...
Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale and fellow Merritt College student, Marvin X. Bobby Seale performed in Marvin's Black Arts West Theatre before joining the Black Panther Party. He played a...
View ArticleThe Wild Crazy Ride Called the Marvin X Experience coming to San Diego
photo by Kamau Amen Ra photo Gene Hazzard Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, Marvin X and Hunia at the How to Recover from the Addiction to White Supremacy Retreat, facilitated by Marvin X Marvin X with David Murray...
View ArticleThe Black Arts Movement Wish List
1. Black Arts Movement Districts established nationwide in each city with large populations of North American Africans. BAM chief architect, Amiri Baraka (RIP), called for the BAM tour to include 27...
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Peralta Colleges honors Bobby Seale,...
Black Bird Press News & Review: Peralta Colleges honors Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party; Bobby Seale honors Marvin X
View ArticlePoems for Syria and the Hoods of America by Marvin X and Mohja Kahf
Two Poems for the People of SyriaOh, 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...
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: The Black Arts Movement Wish List
Black Bird Press News & Review: The Black Arts Movement Wish List
View ArticleOpen letter to USA Black Military Veterans to unite with Veteran soliders of...
From the Black Arts/Black Liberation Movement To all Black American military veterans who served in foreign wars and to those veteran Black liberation Movement/Black Arts Movement artistic freedom...
View ArticlePASS THE BATON BUT CAN YOU CATCH IT?
ONE OF THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT'S CO-FOUNDERS, MARVIN X, ASKS IF THE ELDERS PASS THE BATON TO THE YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, CAN YOU CATCH IT? In this picture, we see, L to R, Oakland Post Publisher Paul...
View ArticleBlack Arts Movement Dream and Wishlist
I want to see artists and craft persons in the Black Arts Movement District along Oakland's 14th St., just as they are daily on Berkeley's Telegraph Avenue and San Francisco's Market Street. This will...
View ArticleBlack Bird Press News & Review: Open letter to USA Black Military Veterans to...
Black Bird Press News & Review: Open letter to USA Black Military Veterans to unite with Veteran soliders of the 1960s Revolution for American Democracy
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