Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s ties to Louis Farrakhan resurface: ‘Divisive and hateful rhetoric’
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s link to controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is coming under scrutiny as he makes a ...
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What do Newark's flagship writers, Philip Roth and Amiri Baraka, have in common?
Every city has its bard. Chicago had Carl Sandburg. Paterson had William Carlos Williams. And Newark was lucky enough to have two: Amiri Baraka and Philip Roth. Hard to imagine two writers more ...
‘The Dutchman' Review: André Holland and Kate Mara Star in an Uneven Update of the Provocative Play
In The Dutchman, Andre Gaines retrofits Amiri Baraka's caustic play about a fatal encounter between ... At the time of its production, Baraka was divorcing his first wife, the white Jewish poet Hettie ...