Amiri Baraka, born in 1934, in Newark, New Jersey, USA, is the author of over 40 books of essays, poems, drama, and music history and criticism, a poet icon and revolutionary political activist who ...

LeRoi Jones, Author, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Author, Amiri Baraka, Author Lawrence Hill Books $32 (480p) ISBN 978-1-55652-346-5 Known for his poetry, plays and essays, Baraka, formerly Leroi Jones, hasn't ...

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Amiri Baraka, a controversial playwright, poet and activist who set a new path for fellow African-American artists by bringing militancy and verve to works about race in ...

U.S. playwright, poet and activist Amiri Baraka is seen in an undated handout picture provided by his publicist January 9, 2014. REUTERS/Z. Risasi Dais/Handout (Reuters) - U.S. playwright, poet and ...

The film is distributed by Corinth Films and makes its national theatrical premiere at the IFC Theater in New York City on Jan. 14. “Spanning decades of social activism, poetry, music, art, and ...

Never shy about his revolutionary views, Amiri Baraka gave New Jersey’s governor fair warning of possible fireworks when he was named the state’s poet laureate. “You’re gonna catch hell for this,” ...

The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History Amiri Baraka, born Everett LeRoi Joins, was a poet, playwright and political organizer whose career spanned more than five decades. After ...

The great poet Amiri Baraka died Jan. 9. While he was in the hospital, I spoke daily to his wife, Amina, my dear friend. I wrote the poem below the day after Amiri died. He and I became friends in the ...

Author Amiri Baraka sparked a lot of controversy with his writings — and those controversies were reignited with his recent passing. Host Michel Martin speaks with author and professor Mark Anthony ...

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - African-American playwright, poet and activist Amiri Baraka, known for politically charged works that explore themes of race, died on Thursday at age 79 at a hospital in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The documentary, “Why is We Americans,” chronicles the lives and works of the late poet/activist and his family Lauryn Hill ...