LeRoi Jones letter and related material, 1969.

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LeRoi Jones letter and related material, 1969.

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The collection consists of four items: letter to Dear sirs [University Place Book Shop, New York, N.Y.], undated, asking for help locating a copy of the book Bantu Philosophies by Placide Tempels; card with poem, Short Speech to My Friends, by LeRoi Jones, from The Dead Lecturer, printed in London, 1969, as a New Year greeting for friends of L.A. Wallrich; typescript of the one-act play, The Toilet, circa 1963, undated (18 p. mimeograph copy); typescript of a comedy in one act, The Baptism, undated (13 p. mimeograph copy), both originally produced 1964.

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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...