From the 1995-2003 archive: This article first appeared at All About Jazz in November 1999. Amiri Baraka: Well, thank you very much. Thank you. Well, I've been teaching school for 20 years while these ...

The documentary, “Why is We Americans,” chronicles the lives and works of the late poet/activist and his family Lauryn Hill performs at the Glastonbury Festival on June 28, 2019 in Glastonbury, ...

Baraka was one of the key black literary voices of the 1960s. The political and social views that inspired his writing changed over the years,... Remembering Activist Poet Amiri Baraka The influential ...

Join Steve Adubato and his co-host, Executive Producer Jacqui Tricarico as they remember Newark Mayor Ken Gibson and poet and activist, Amiri Baraka. One-on-One is available to stream on pbs.org and ...

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Newark Natives Philip Roth and Amiri Baraka, two of the city’s most acclaimed literary figures, were “near-exact contemporaries,” award-winning poet, author and educator John Keene said on Wednesday, ...