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Haki Madhubuti

Haki R. Madhubuti, formerly known as Don Lee, a major poet, essayist, editor and publisher throughout the Black Arts Movement was born in 1942 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Madhubuti was raised in Detroit with his mother until the age of sixteen when she died from a drug overdose. Madhubuti claims that his mother, Maxine, is the prime force behind his creativity and interest in the Black Arts. After her death, Madhubuti finished high school and joined the Army and his experiences there cemented his interest and commitment in the Black Arts.

Madhubuti has published several collections of poetry, including Think Black, Black Pride, We Walk the Way of the World, Direction score: Selected and New Poems, Book of Life and Don't Cry, Scream. In addition to his poetry collections, Madhubuti also published a collection of critical essays entitled, Dynamite Voices: Black poets of the 1960s.

Madhubuti's work is particularly acute about charting the growth of Blackness within the individual conciousness. Madhubuti's work is especially characteristic of trying to chart a way out of whiteness that allows for strength and self-determination for Black Americans. His poetry is strongly affected by Gwendolyn Brooks and other writers of the time.

Madhubuti participated in the political aspects of the BAM by working as a "foot soldier" for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Community (SNCC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). In addition to working for political organizations, Madhubuti invested time in writing political essays, hoping to wake the eyes of the public to the events and attitudes of the world around them. His most notorious political collection of essays is entitled Enemies: The Clash of Races.

As a main part of the BAM, Madhubuti joined with Larry Neal to create a forum for book reviews for the work of African-American writers of the time. The Black Books Bulletin, was published quarterly for eight years and gave the public this information on the new and important works of the BAM authors.

Madhubuti contributed in almost every aspect of the political and cultural happenings of the BAM. He continues to write and is the Director of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center at Chicago State University where he resides with his wife Safisha.

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what up people.

i read 11 of those books already. college is killing me right now. want to apologize for saying some of the books are wack. it's better to say i can tell who are the young cats are on this site and BiggMike isn't one of the young ones..lol. i was there before and you young will cats will see how your way of thinking naturally changes as you get older. just know these:

negro-walking dead, having lost land,history,culture,language & memory.

black-on your way to consciosness,seeking return to roots.

african/african______-recreating the consciousness which existed before the onset of slavery & colonization which resulted in the creation of the negro.

Here's a list of books writen by famous black men:

Catch This! : Going Deep with the NFL's Sharpest Weapon
by Terrell Owens

LT: Over the Edge: Tackling Quarterbacks, Drugs, and a World Beyond Football
by Lawerence Taylor

Power, Money & Sex
by Deion Sanders

Rush to Judgment : The Simeon Rice Story
by Simeon Rice

Just Give Me the Damn Ball! : The Fast Times and Hard Knocks of an NFL Rookie
by Keyshawn Johnson

Barry Sanders: Now You See Him : His Story in His Own Words
by Barry Sanders

Never Die Easy : The Autobiography of Walter Payton
by Walter Payton

From Pieces to Weight : Once Upon a Time in Southside Queens
by 50 Cent

Jay-Z: The Black Book
by Jay-Z

E.A.R.L. : The Autobiography of DMX
by DMX

The Rose That Grew From Concrete
by Tupac Shakur

Life and Def : Sex, Drugs, Money, + God (Paperback)
by Russell Simmons

1. Men of Color Study Bible - (King James Version)  Helpful notes and features to encourage and strengthen the faith of men of African descent.

2. Makes Me Want to Holler (Nathan McCall) - Gotta cosign what BIGGMike said about this book. I've read it 2x--powerful book!

3. Crossing The Danger Water (Deirdre Mullan) - Three Hundred years of African-American Writing. Delves into Dred Scott--the petition for freedom and the reaction to it; the Amistad Case; Marcus Garvey; Malcom X; Origination of rap music, etc. A must read.