Amiri Baraka

Birth Name:

Everett LeRoi Jones

Birth Place:

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Profession

Writer, Actor, Soundtrack

Received the PEN Open Book Award for his writings in "Tales of the Out and the Gone․"
Won the 2002 Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award
In 2002, he was named the Poet Laureate of New Jersey
Studied at Rutgers University, Howard University, Columbia University and the New School for Social Research
Before becoming involved in poetry, he started out working in a warehouse for music records
Contributed to The Roots song "Something in the Way of Things (In Town)․"
Reached the rank of sergeant while serving in the U․S․ Air Force

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