Imamu Amiri Baraka Quotes

Amiri Baraka — American Poet born on October 07, 1934, died on January 09, 2014

Amiri Baraka , formerly known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an African-American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at a number of universities, including the State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He received the PEN Open Book Award, formerly known as the Beyond Margins Award, in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone... (wikipedia)