Rutgers University: Newark Mayor To Join Express Newark Conversation About Groundbreaking Book By His Father, Amiri Baraka
March 29, 2024
March 29, 2024
NEWARK, New Jersey, March 29 (TNSres) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
Legendary author and activist Amiri Baraka wrote more than 50 books before his death in 2014. His son, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, will be celebrating one of them, along with his sister, art historian Kellie Jones, at Express Newark on April 3.
That book is "Blues People: Negro Music in White America,'' written in 1963 when Amiri Baraka, who later changed his name, was LeRoi Jones, . . .
Legendary author and activist Amiri Baraka wrote more than 50 books before his death in 2014. His son, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, will be celebrating one of them, along with his sister, art historian Kellie Jones, at Express Newark on April 3.
That book is "Blues People: Negro Music in White America,'' written in 1963 when Amiri Baraka, who later changed his name, was LeRoi Jones, . . .