February 10, 2000

 Amiri Baraka--the internationally renowned poet, playright, literary critic, and Newark native-- will be addressing the student body at New Jersey Institute of Technology during Black History month. His address will focus on the Lincoln Park/Coast Cultural District project which is a grassroots approach to reinvigorating local arts and cultural within is popularly known as the Newark Renaissance.

Mr. Baraka's views on another important topic

Biography

Born in Newark in 1934, Amiri Baraka is the author of several dozen collections of poetry, fiction, drama, essays and criticism. He is widely known for collaborating with numerous jazz musicians and for his involvement with Black Nationalism and other politically active groups. Baraka, known as LeRoi Jones in his youth, studied at Howard University and Columbia University, gaining national attention in 1964 with the Obie Award-winning play Dutchman. After the death of Malcon X, he founded the Black Arts Movement. Formerly a professor at SUNY-Stony Brook and Rutgers University, Baraka presently resides in Newark where he spearheads the Unity and Struggle Collective and co-hosts with his wife, Amina, a monthly salon, Kimako's Blues People, at his home. He regularly travels internationally to perform his work. In 1997, Baraka appeared in Warren Beatty's film Bullworth. His recent publications include Allah Mean Everything, a special edition of the NJIT periodical Newark Review.

Lincoln Park-Coast Cultural District Festivities

Friday February 25

8:00 P.M. until 1:00 A.M.

Dance and Gala

Live Music at Symphony Hall

1028 Broad Street

Newark, New Jersey

Featuring:

Soul / R & B From The Backwater

Blues Band, Blue Ark

Salsa De Conjunto Pastrano

DJ. R & R Dance by Newark

Newark Boys Chorus & Much More

In 1999, Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District Incorporated was formed to establish the guidelines for the economic, cultural, and educational development of the Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District. It is an area defined by the following planning boundaries:

East : New Jersey Railroads Avenue
West : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd at Court St
North : Market Street
South : Broad Street to Vanderpool Street

Library Holdings

The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka
Call Number : PS3552 .A583 Z463 1984

Swing city : Newark Nightlife, 1925-50
Barbara Kukla
Call Number: ML 3508.8 .N53 K8 1991