Imamu Amiri Baraka

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activist dramatist essayist human literary critic playwright poet political activist short story writer university teacher

Imamu Amiri Baraka was a prominent American poet, playwright, and activist known for his influential role in the Black Arts Movement and his politically charged, experimental writing.

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Imamu Amiri Baraka canonical 3
Imamu Ameer Baraka 1

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instanceOf activist ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Amiri Baraka ⓘ
Imamu Amiri Baraka ⓘ
surface form: Imamu Ameer Baraka

Amiri Baraka ⓘ
surface form: LeRoi Jones
awardReceived American Book Award ⓘ
PEN Open Book Award ⓘ
birthName Everett LeRoi Jones ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications from surgery ⓘ
child Ras Baraka ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-10-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2014-01-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Howard University ⓘ
New York University ⓘ
Rutgers University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans
fieldOfWork African-American literature ⓘ
jazz criticism ⓘ
political activism ⓘ
theater ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
essay ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
political writing ⓘ
influenced Black Arts Movement ⓘ
surface form: Black Arts Movement writers
influencedBy Beat Generation writers ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Beat Generation ⓘ
Black Arts Movement ⓘ
Black Power movement ⓘ
Black nationalism ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
name Imamu Amiri Baraka self-link ⓘ
notableWork Black Magic ⓘ
Black Music ⓘ
Blues People ⓘ
Dutchman ⓘ
Home: Social Essays ⓘ
Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note ⓘ
The Slave ⓘ
occupation literary critic ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Newark ⓘ
surface form: Newark, New Jersey
placeOfDeath Newark ⓘ
surface form: Newark, New Jersey
politicalAlignment Black nationalism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
residence Newark ⓘ
surface form: Newark, New Jersey
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Amina Baraka ⓘ
Hettie Cohen ⓘ
Sylvia Robinson ⓘ

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Amiri Baraka → alsoKnownAs → Imamu Amiri Baraka ⓘ
National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana, 1972 → keyOrganizer → Imamu Amiri Baraka ⓘ
Imamu Amiri Baraka → name → Imamu Amiri Baraka self-link ⓘ
Imamu Amiri Baraka → alsoKnownAs → Imamu Amiri Baraka ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imamu Ameer Baraka