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Jones, Leroi
Jones, Leroi (1934–), New Jersey‐born militant black author, reared in a middle‐class environment, attended Rutgers and Howard University (B.A., 1954), served in the Strategic Air Command (1954–57), and studied philosophy and German literature respectively at Columbia and The New School for Social Research before becoming a revolutionary spokesman for his people. He turned his back on Greenwich Village, on the personal and romantic expression that marked his first poetry, Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note (1961), divorced his white wife, took the name Imamu Amiri Baraka (1965) as part of his commitment to Afro‐Americanism, and founded a black community center, Spirit House, in Newark. An intense black nationalist, he lashes out at whites in his violent one‐act plays, Dutchman, The Slave, and The Toilet (1964). His bitterness and frustration are also evident in his episodic novel The System of Dante's Hell (1965), equating Newark slums and the Inferno. Anguish, violent response, and lyrical appreciation of the black spirit mark succeeding volumes of poetry: The Dead Lecturer (1964), Black Magic … (1969), In Our Terribleness (1971), AM/TRAK (1979), Spring Song (1979), Reggae or Not (1981), and Thoughts for You (1984). Further plays include A Recent Killing (1964), about an aviator intent upon becoming a poet, and the one‐act Four Black Revolutionary Plays (1969). His stories, some of them clearly autobiographical, are collected in Tales (1967). His nonfiction includes Blues People (1963), on jazz as an expression of the black people in white America; Black Music (1967); Black Art (1967); and Black Magic (1969). Essays are collected in Home (1966), powerful social statements for a black nation; Raise Race Rays Raze (1971), written in black idiom; and Daggers and Javelins (1971). He has also published A Black Value System (1969); Spirit Reach (1972); African Revolution (1973); and, with his wife Amina Baraka, The Music (1987), related to his earlier Blues People and Black Music. The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones appeared in 1984. Since 1983 he has been on the African‐American Studies faculty of SUNY at Stony Brook.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Jones, Leroi." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Jones, Leroi." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-JonesLeroi.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Jones, Leroi." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-JonesLeroi.html |
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Jones, Leroi
Jones, Leroi, see NEGROES IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Jones, Leroi." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Jones, Leroi." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-JonesLeroi.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Jones, Leroi." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-JonesLeroi.html |
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LeRoi Jones
LeRoi Jones see Baraka, Amiri . |
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"LeRoi Jones." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "LeRoi Jones." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-JonesLeR.html "LeRoi Jones." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-JonesLeR.html |
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Jones, LeRoi
Jones, LeRoi. See Baraka, Amiri.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Jones, LeRoi." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Jones, LeRoi." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-JonesLeRoi.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Jones, LeRoi." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-JonesLeRoi.html |
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