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Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014

 Person

Biography

Amiri Baraka (1934-2014), born Everett LeRoi Jones, and previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an African American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism.

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[Aviary] OHIII 511 a-b
[Aviary] OHIII 511 a-b

Baraka, Amiri, 1977 October 4

 Item
Call Number: OHIII, Item OHIII 511 a-b
Interview Location:

New Haven, CT

Dates: 1977 October 4
Found in: Oral History of American Music > Duke Ellington Oral History > Baraka, Amiri

Essays, 1966-1970

 Part of Collection — Box 46: [Barcode: 39002137170552], Folder: GROUP 916, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Seven essays, typescript corrected and signed, included in the larger collection entitled Raise, Race, Rays, Raze: Essays Since 1965 (New York: Random House, 1971).

Dates: 1966-1970
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > B > BARAKA, AMIRI, 1934-