Amini-Hudson, Johari (1935–)

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Amini-Hudson, Johari (1935–)

American poet. Name variations: Jewel Lattimore; Johari Amini; Johari Amini Hudson. Born Jewel Lattimore in 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; married young.

A founding member of the Third World Press and an important figure in the Organization of Black American Culture, served as founder and editor of Black Books Bulletin; writings include Images in Black (1967), Black Essence (1968), and Let's Go Somewhere (1970); also contributed to such magazines as Black World and Black Books Bulletin; published the broadside A Hip Tale in the Death Style (1970).