Amiri Baraka

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Black Arts Movement figure essayist human literary critic playwright poet political activist

Amiri Baraka was an influential American poet, playwright, and activist whose radical, politically charged work helped shape Black Arts and Black Power era cultural movements.

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Label	Occurrences
Amiri Baraka canonical	44
LeRoi Jones	8
Leroi Jones	2

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Black Arts Movement figure ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ literary critic ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ political activist ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Imamu Amiri Baraka ⓘ Amiri Baraka ⓘ surface form: LeRoi Jones
awardReceived	American Book Award ⓘ Obie 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 ⓘ Rutgers University ⓘ New School for Social Research ⓘ surface form: The New School
ethnicGroup	African American ⓘ
founded	Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ essay ⓘ poetry ⓘ
influenced	Black Arts Movement ⓘ contemporary African-American literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	Beat Generation ⓘ Black Arts Movement ⓘ Black Power movement ⓘ
notableWork	Black Magic ⓘ Blues People ⓘ Dutchman ⓘ Home: Social Essays ⓘ Tales ⓘ The Slave ⓘ
occupation	activist ⓘ editor ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
politicalIdeology	Black nationalism ⓘ Leninism ⓘ Marxism ⓘ Third World socialism ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ later Marxist–Leninist secularism ⓘ
residence	Newark, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
spouse	Amina Baraka ⓘ Hettie Cohen ⓘ

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Congress of African People → foundedBy → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School → founder → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School → foundedBy → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing → editor → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing → coEditor → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing → contributor → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Third World Press → hasPublished → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Hettie Cohen → spouse → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Hettie Cohen → spouse → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

Amina Baraka → spouse → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Dutchman → author → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

Dutchman → writer → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

The Slave → author → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

The Slave → writer → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

Blues People → author → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Home: Social Essays → author → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

this entity surface form: LeRoi Jones

Black Magic → author → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Tales → author → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Gary Convention → chairperson → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

Everett LeRoi Jones → alsoKnownAs → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Track: Something in the Way of Things (In Town) → performer → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Track: Something in the Way of Things (In Town) → featuredArtist → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Track: Something in the Way of Things (In Town) → lyricist → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Track: Something in the Way of Things (In Town) → performerName → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Langston Hughes Medal → notableRecipient → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

Black Fire → editor → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

Black Fire → contributor → Amiri Baraka ⓘ

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Black Fire anthology → editor → Amiri Baraka ⓘ