In 1967 he wrote a book of Black Nationalist poetry, titled "Black Magic." ... He also wrote a lot anti-semitic poetry at the same time. His poetry from that period contains such phrases as, "I got the extermination blues, jewboys."(Amiri Baraka Reader, pg. xxiv) Amiri is all about using poetry as a machine-gun, he once made a comment "we want poems that kill" (Amiri Baraka Reader, pg. xxv). ... The Black arts era, both in terms of creative and theoretical writing is the most important one in black literature since the Harlem Renaissance. ...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Giovanni's Room told of a white American expatriate and his coming to terms with his homosexuality. ... Baldwin wrote novels, poetry, essays and a screenplay in the later years of his life. ... Walter Meserve writes in The Black American Writer: Poetry and Drama, Vol. 2, Baldwin tries to use theatre as a pulpit for his ideas. ...

• Word Count: 1677
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

James Baldwin is considered one of the most important African American writer of novels, poetry, short stories and essays, as well as a civil right activist. ... According to Brooke Horvath, Baldwin "desires to succeed on the basis of literary style and the humanity of his characters rather than in terms of successful polemic" (207). ... He explores Baldwin's call to the pulpit, his religious crisis, his coming to terms with his homosexuality, and his responses to the Civil Rights Movement, black nationalism, and the conflicts between Jews and blacks in Harlem (239). ... We ca...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

Experiences of discrimination and hardship translated into rhythm and poetry became the widely renowned music genre that the world has come to know. ... With Hip-hop's increasing popularity, the reception of this culture has been widely interpreted by diverse audiences of different races and is highly relevant in terms of its cross-cultural appeal. ... In terms of white appropriation of Hip-hop, using the example of Eminem, it is another repetition of the racist past, where white appropriation eventually led to the domination of that cultural appeal. ... With all the rage about "blac...

• Word Count: 2033
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate