Antonio Velasco Mrs. Stockhausen Elements of Composition‚ 4 Purple 2 April 2015 I abide by the Honor Code: AV Amiri Baraka: Poet‚ Civil Rights Activist‚ Inspiration. Amiri Baraka‚ born Leroi Jones‚ was an African-American writer‚ teacher‚ activist and poet. He was highly influential on the civil rights movement as a great deal of his poetry reflected on political and social concerns of the African-American people at the time. Although at times his poetry was viewed as controversial‚ his
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Baraka ______ started writing poems on the injustices that were occurring in the Black Communities around the world. His most controversial poem of all “Somebody blew up America” centered around the attack on the World Trade Center. He wrote about the media’s claims to Osmas Bin Laden being the mastermind behind the attack. Baraka showed the depths of systematic racism embed in the heart of America’s history. Each stanza in his poem explains racial terrorism being the main cause behind the 9/11
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According to the text‚ Like the acid vomit of the fire of Hell/ Who and Who and WHO who who‚” (Line 1- 2). This is a line from the poem‚ “Who Blew Up Amerikka” by Amiri Baraka. Amiri Baraka. Amiri Baraka was an African American writer of poetry‚ drama‚ fiction‚ essays and music criticism. He is known as the father of the Black Arts Movement. He is also a leading exponent of Black Nationalism. He is the author of numerous books of poetry. Baraka’s plays‚ poetry and essays have been defining texts
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Joshua Rosado English 104 Professor Rosenberg 5 December 2012 Trailblazers Black oppression dates back to the birth of the United States. For almost two hundred years Africans were kidnapped from their villages and directly imported to the New World where they would be sold into slavery and remain there for years to come (King). In slavery they would experience “the abuses associated with bondage‚ including arduous labor‚ corporal punishment‚ sexual exploitation‚ and family separations” (King)
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or exemplify certain motives‚ that if written in another time‚ would not only be misread but could also possibly be entirely unrecognized. It is during the era of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States‚ that two prominent dramatists‚ Amiri Baraka and Lorraine Hansberry‚ sought the perfect opportunity to create plays that brought forth‚ with earnestness and directness‚ the great trials faced daily by African-Americans throughout the United States. Through their two protagonist’s interactions
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BAM! The Black Arts Movement The amazing era of the Black Arts Movement developed the concept of an influential and artistic blackness that created controversial but significant organizations such as the Black Panther Party. The Black Arts Movement called for "an explicit connection between art and politics" (Smith). This movement created the most prevalent era in black art history by taking stereotypes and racism and turning it into artistic value. This connection between black art and politics
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Citizenship is somewhat a birthright‚ a game of chance. It is given to you based on the physical location of your birth. Citizenship is identifies that a certain people have to abide by the laws of the land and can express certain rights. The US has a long history of discriminating against African Americans because of their color of skin and ancestry. Activists of the black freedom struggle questioned citizenship because they couldn’t express the same rights as everyone else. “Your freedom ends
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2015 Slave Ship Experimental theatre or avant garde theatre was a big deal in the 1960s because of the social‚ political‚ and economical issues at that time. One of these major issues at that time was the African American equality movement. Amiri Baraka‚ a poet and dramatist‚ focuses on this topic in his works. One of his most famous works‚ Slave Ship‚ is a one-act play that is the epitome of experimental theatre. It uses the elements of collapse of boundaries and randomness to make the audience
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Black communities‚ largely as a response to forms of overarching‚ pervasive forms of violence pressed upon them from an imposing‚ dominant power. Amiri Baraka demonstrates this in his play‚ Dutchman‚ showing this dynamic at work in a manner that is jarring‚ but easily understood when analyzed. Before delving into the extended metaphor that Amiri Baraka drew out‚ it helps to have a firm understanding of the institutionalized violence at work against the Black race. Since colonialization of the Americas
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