Amiri Baraka

Part I of Essay
, also known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu , is one of the main leaders and inspirations of the Black Arts Repertory. Born in Newark, NJ, in 1934 to a middle-class family, Baraka attended Rutgers University then transferred to receive his degree from Howard University. Baraka se ....

Part II of Essay
.... picked up and moved to Harlem, divorced his white wife, changed his name and adapted a Black nationalist view. Baraka then married Amina Baraka, formerly known as Sylvia Robinson, and founded in Spirithouse Newark, NJ. Baraka was involved in almost every aspect of the beginning of the BAM and also in many other Black political and cultural movements, including participation with the Black Pather Party for Self Defense. Since his days of the BAM, Baraka has abandoned his previous black nationalist views in favor of Marxism and the fight ....