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Discharged because of a shrapnel wound in his leg. After, became addicted to drugs.
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She was the first African American to win this award
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Cause of much social and political turmoil. Naturally, an excellent source of inspiration for poets in the U.S.
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-Approximately from 1960-1970
-Against any idea of the artist which alienates him from his community
-Self-determination and nationhood
-Fact: There are two Americas. There is a duty of the black artist to speak to the spiritual and cultural needs of Black People.
-Confront the contradictions of the depictions of the black man in the racist West.
-Sometimes criticized as misogynist, homophobic, anti-Semitic and racially exclusive. But recently, those artists credit the movement. -
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While imprisoned, Knight was inspired by the words of MLK and Malcolm X, so he wrote many poems. Even though he was still imprisoned, he was able to have a friend publish the book of poems.
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Major political upheaval. Politically chaotic.
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First living in the Lower East Side, after the assassination of Malcolm X, Baraka leaves his wife and children and moves to Harlem, symbolizing his breaking away from the Beats and becoming a black cultural nationalist.
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Amiri Baraka creates the Black Arts Repertory Theatre School, essentially formalizing the beginning of the movement.
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Amiri Baraka publishes "Black Magic: Poetry 1961-1967"
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