In many ways, the survey has been a long time coming. The museum has collected Johnson’s work, he is old friends with chief ...

The multidisciplinary artist’s retrospective reveals the challenges and rewards of grappling with wide-ranging interests.

Amiri Baraka, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, George Lucas, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Walter Mosely, Stephen Graham Jones, Joel Crawford, Wes Craven, and many others.” As much of the movie’s press ...

“A Poem for Deep Thinkers,” takes its title from a poem by Amiri Baraka, an American poet, writer, teacher, and political activist whose work is a frequent source of inspiration for Johnso ...

which takes its name from a poem by Amiri Baraka), and videos—is mounted. The final Sanguine structure houses a film of the same name, which explores Johnson’s relationship with his father and ...

Perry’s latest book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, chronicles the relationship between the color blue and Black people, whom Amiri Baraka famously dubbed “blues ...

and Amiri Baraka (previously known as Leroi Jones) as well as bold reimaginings of classics. Before being gutted in 2002 to make way for a health club, the venue at Broadway and Belmont provided a ...

and emblematic of the kind of artistic resourcefulness that the poet Amiri Baraka has characterized as “the digging of everything.” Out of the privation, the challenge, and the censure of ...

Joan Baez ♪ We shall overcome someday ♪ Man: They're listening to Amiri Baraka saying... Women: ♪ Who will survive America? ♪ ♪ Very few Negroes, no crackers at all ♪ ♪ Who will ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...