Everett LeRoi Jones

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Black Arts Movement figure activist dramatist essayist human literary critic member of the Beat Generation playwright poet

Everett LeRoi Jones, better known as Amiri Baraka, was a prominent American poet, playwright, and activist associated with the Beat Generation and a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement.

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Everett LeRoi Jones canonical 3

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instanceOf Black Arts Movement figure ⓘ
activist ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
member of the Beat Generation ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2010s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Amiri Baraka ⓘ
Amiri Baraka ⓘ
surface form: LeRoi Jones
birthName Everett LeRoi Jones self-link ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications from surgery ⓘ
convertedTo Islam ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-10-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2014-01-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Howard University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
gender male ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
essay ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement Beat Generation ⓘ
Black Arts Movement ⓘ
Black nationalism ⓘ
surface form: Black Nationalism

Marxism ⓘ
notableFor association with the Beat Generation ⓘ
leadership in the Black Arts Movement ⓘ
politically radical writings ⓘ
notableWork Black Magic ⓘ
Blues People ⓘ
Dutchman ⓘ
Home: Social Essays ⓘ
Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note ⓘ
The Slave ⓘ
occupation activist ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
placeOfResidence Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
religion Islam (after conversion) ⓘ
spouse Hettie Cohen ⓘ
Sylvia Robinson (Amina Baraka) ⓘ

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Amiri Baraka → birthName → Everett LeRoi Jones ⓘ
Imamu Amiri Baraka → birthName → Everett LeRoi Jones ⓘ
Everett LeRoi Jones → birthName → Everett LeRoi Jones self-link ⓘ