Portraits of Imamu Amiri Baraka [manuscript], 1982, n.d.

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Portraits of Imamu Amiri Baraka [manuscript], 1982, n.d.

The collection consists of a colored photograph taken of Baraka at a reading in Hoboken, N. J., taken by Mark [Hilburyhouse?] and an electrostatic copy of a print by Frances Jetter.

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University of Virginia. Library

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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...