Amiri Baraka, influential African American writer and firebrand, dies at 79
Amiri Baraka died today. He was an controversial writer, and is heavily associated with the civil rights and black arts* movements. He is probably best known for his poetry, and was New Jersey's poet laureate in 2002 and "The best is yet to come. On how we beat you and killed you." Amiri Baraka, one … Read more