Imamu Amiri Baraka manuscripts, [ca. 1974-1979].

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Imamu Amiri Baraka manuscripts, [ca. 1974-1979].

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Four play scripts, with notes, corrections, and stage directions by Baraka. Includes "Black Mass," n.d., "The Sidnee Poet Heroical," n.d., "Images of Struggle and Revolution," n.d., and "What was the Relationship of the Lone Ranger to the Means of Production," 1978. Also, issue no. 3 of the "Floating Bear," 1961, a publication edited by Baraka.

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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014

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Amiri Baraka was born LeRoi Jones in Newark, New Jersey, in 1934. He was educated at Rutgers and Howard Universities, graduating from the latter at the age of 19. In 1958 he founded the influential poetry magazine Yugen, which ran until 1962. His writings, including fiction, essays, and poetry, appeared in such publications as The nation, Evergreen review, Downbeat, and The floating bear. From the description of Imamu Amiri Baraka papers, 1958-1982. (University of California, Berkele...