The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones
@inproceedings{Baraka1984TheAO,
title={The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones},
author={I. A. Baraka},
year={1984}
}The complete autobiography of a literary legend. Poet, dramatist, novelist, critic, teacher, and political activist Amiri Baraka, born LeRoi Jones, vividly recounts his crusading role in African American literature. A driving force behind the Black Arts Movement, the prolific Baraka retells his experiences from his participation in avant-garde literature after World War II and his role in Black nationalism after the assassination of Malcolm X to his conversion to Islam and his commitments to an… Expand