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, also known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu , is one of the main leaders and inspirations of the Black Arts Repertory. Born in Newark, NJ, in 1934 to a middle-class family, Baraka attended Rutgers University then transferred to receive his degree fro ....

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... the street corners of Harlem. It was during this time that Baraka began to distance himself from the white culture. When Malcom X was assasinated in 1965, and after the closing of the insistution, Baraka picked up and moved to Harlem, divorced his white wife, changed his name and adapted a Black nationalist view. Baraka then married Amina Baraka, formerly known as Sylvia Robinson, and founded in Spirithouse Newark, NJ. Baraka was involved in almost every aspect of the beginning of the BAM and also in many other Black political and cultural movements, including participation with the Black Pather Party for Self Defense. Since his days of ...