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Baraka, Imamu Amiri

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Baraka, Imamu Amiri, see NEGROES IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE.

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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Baraka, Imamu Amiri." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2010 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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	VANTAGE POINT; The legacy of Imamu Amiri Baraka Newspaper article from: Michigan Citizen Daniels, Ron March 12, 2005 700+ words ...opportunity to share in a tribute to Imamu Amiri Baraka, on the occasion of his 70th...York. I first became aware of Baraka when he was making a name for...celebrated literary figure to Imamu Amiri Baraka, freedom fighter and revolutionary...
	IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL) February 27, 1998 700+ words A poet, playwright and community leader, Imamu Amiri Baraka, originally named Everett LeRoi Jones, was born in...confrontation. It won an Obie Award in 1964. As LeRoi Jones, Baraka produced his first major work, a volume of poetry...
	Amiri Baraka's 70th birthday bash Newspaper article from: New York Amsterdam News Dais, Risasi November 17, 2004 700+ words ...1967, he changed his name to Imamu Amiri Baraka and became one of the most militant...James, who said, "Without Amiri Baraka, there would be no Mayor Sharpe...entitled "Space" in dedication to Baraka. "At 70, Amiri is still razor sharp," commented...
	Amiri Baraka shares poetry, ideas with local black poets Newspaper article from: Bay State Banner March 6, 1997 700+ words ...Bay State Banner 03-06-1997 Amiri Baraka shares poetry, ideas with local...Some people came because he was Imamu Amiri Baraka, a leading Black poet of the 1960s...And those who didn't know who Baraka is were happy to learn that he...
	Names and titles in Amiri Baraka's Dutchman.(Essays)(Report) Magazine article from: ANQ Cardullo, Robert June 22, 2009 700+ words The title of Imamu Amiri Baraka's Dutchman (1964) and the names...is recalled by the subway setting of Baraka's play, which is sometimes designed...is also evoked. Alternatively, Baraka's title may allude to the legend...
	Politics, process & (jazz) performance: Amiri Baraka's "It's Nation... Magazine article from: African American Review Jones, Meta DuEwa June 22, 2003 700+ words ...well-founded dismissal of Baraka's poetry, especially...Time," and concurrently Baraka's poetics, occurs in the same chapter, "Amiri Baraka as Black Arts Poet and Essayist...order to experience the Imamu," or spiritual leader...
	Poets respond to Baraka poem controversy Newspaper article from: Michigan Citizen Akwamu, Kwasi October 26, 2002 700+ words ...Jersey regarding the poet laureate status of Imamu Amiri Baraka, few poets openly spoke out. Baraka's poem "Somebody Blew America Up...said poet Herbert Woodward Martin of Ohio. "Baraka, it seems from the report I read, warned...
	New Jersey poet laureate discusses democracy, arts at Iowa State U. News Wire article from: University Wire Alicia McGhee January 31, 2003 700+ words ...read my poetry, then go out and fight, Baraka said. It was during that time that Baraka said he was so disturbed by the assassination of Malcolm X, he changed his name to Imamu Amiri Baraka. My name was given to me by the person who...
	NEW JERSEY'S BIGOT LAUREATE Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe JEFF JACOBY October 13, 2002 700+ words IMAMU AMIRI BARAKA vows to "go to the Supreme Court" if the New Jersey Legislature and...that I'm anti-Semitic." Now why would anyone think that about Amiri Baraka? And yet people do think it, especially since his recent appearance...
	Silent minority.(NATION)(INSIDE THE BELTWAY) Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 25, 2003 700+ words ...Condoleezza Rice, in the opinion of Amiri Baraka, is a "skeeza." A what...Also known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amiri Baraka (or as Mr. Kane prefers, "New...something Rice certainly is not. Baraka knows she's not," writes Mr...

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