Amiri Baraka Quotes


A man is either free or he is not. There cannot be any apprenticeship for freedom.


Citations

Jones, LeRoi [Amiri Baraka]. "Tokenism: 300 Years for Make Believe." Home: Social Essays, William Morrow and Company, 1966, p. 74.

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Amiri Baraka
Amiri Baraka
  • Born: October 7, 1934
  • Died: January 9, 2014
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actor, Teacher, Theater Director, Theater Producer, Writer, Activist, Poet

Amiri Baraka, previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. He was the author of numerous books of poetry and taught at several universities, including the University at Buffalo and Stony Brook University. He received the PEN/Beyond Margins Award in 2008 for Tales of the Out and the Gone.