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Books by
Marvin X
Love and War: Poems /
In the Crazy House Called America /
Woman: Man's Best Friend /
Beyond Religion Toward Spirituality
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Marvin
X—born Marvin Ellis Jackmon on May 29, 1944 in Fowler,
California—attended Fresno at Edison High, Oakland City
College (now Merritt College) receiving an associate degree in
1964. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, the founders of the
Black Panther Party, were fellow students at Oakland City
College. Marvin also received a BA and MA in English at San
Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University). More
Chronology of Marvin X (El
Muhajir ) Marvin
X Bio Bibliography of Marvin X
marvinxspeaks.blogspot.com/
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Update
Report: Dr. J. Vern Cromartie at Exhibit Marvin X—On
Saturday, February 11, 2012, poet/sociologist Dr. J. Vern
Cromartie presented a lecture/reading at Exhibit Marvin X. He
gave a summary of the paper he presented on Marvin X's brief
tenure as a lecturer in black studies at University of
California, Berkeley, noting the poet taught there with only an
A.A. degree from Merritt College. Along with the black studies
faculty, Marvin was purged by the administration and more pliant
Negroes were hired. Dr. Cromartie recalled Cecil Brown's book
What Happened to My Black Studies Department? to suggest an even
more sinister move wherein blacks are brought in from the Pan
African Diaspora and given tenure because they are even more
accommodating to white supremacy academia, the local radical
academics being regarded as dangerous to the status quo.
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Journal of Pan African Studies is Online—Volume
4 • Number 2 • 2010
We humbly dedicate this poetry issue of the
Journal of Pan African Studies
(JPAS) to theHonorable Jose Goncalves,
publisher and editor of the
Journal of Black Poetry
(JBP), the poetic Bible of the 60s Black
Liberation/Black Arts Movement. No other
journal in the history of American
literature published so many poets. No other
journal was more eclectic and democratic in
its editorial policy. We thank
Rudolph Lewis
(a virtual reincarnation of Goncalves in his
dedication to black literature in the
electronic age) for compiling this summary
of the work of Dingane and the
Journal of Black Poetry.
One day soon we plan to honor Dingane with a
Journal of Black Poetry Festival.—BlackBirdPressNews |
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Up from Ignut
Or Pull Yo Pants Up Fa da Black President
The Soulful
Musings of a North American African.
By
Marvin X.
Black Bird Press / 1222 Dwight Way / Berkeley CA 94702 /
Pre-publication price: $10.00 |
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Parable of the Man Who Left the Mountain /
Meaning of Black Reconstruction /
Negro Psychosexuality /
Parable of King Tut
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The Wisdom of Plato Negro: Parables / Fables
By
Marvin X
Book Release Party for
Marvin X / Saturday, May 15, 2pm
There will be a reading and book signing for Marvin X's / The Wisdom of Plato Negro, Parables/Fables / African American Library/Museum, / 14th and Martin Luther King, Jr., / Downtown Oakland / For more information contact Veda Silva, Museum Project Coordinator, 510-637-0199. Book price $100.00 / 309 pages / If you can't make the party, the book is available from: Black Bird Press / 1222 Dwight Way, Berkeley CA 94702 . Marvin X will be / accompanied by Rashidah Sabreen on vocals and guitar. If you missed them on KPFA, go to the archives at www.kpfa.org, transitions in tradition, this past Monday. Refreshments by GET JERKED! Please support one of the founders of the Black Arts Movement.
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Advance the cultural revolution!
Parables and Fables of Marvin X / The Education of Jah Amiel
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My Friend the Devil /
Marvin X Celebrates
His 65th Birthday |
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Finding Aid to the Marvin X Papers, 1965-2006, bulk 1993-2006
The Marvin X Papers
document the life and work of playwright, poet, essayist, and
activist Marvin X during the nineties and the first decade of
the 21st Century. The papers include correspondence; Marvin X's
writings; materials related to the Recovery Theatre; works by
his children and colleagues; and resource files. Correspondence
includes letters, cards, and e-mails; correspondents include
Amiri Baraka and other prominent African-American intellectuals.
Marvin X's writings include notebooks, drafts, and manuscripts
of poetry, novels, plays, essays, and planned anthologies.
Documents from the Recovery Theatre include organizational and
financial records and promotional material. Writings by others
include essays, scripts, and academic papers by his three
daughters. Resource files include academic articles, e-mails,
flyers, news clippings and programs that contextualize and
document Marvin X's involvement as an activist, intellectual,
and literary figure in the African American community in the Bay
Area in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Photographs
include snapshots of family, friends, colleagues, and
productions at the Recovery Theatre.
Online Archive of California
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The university of poetry is now academy of the corner, a
multi-purpose free speech zone/free thought space, micro-credit
bank/mental health peer group. Presently located at 14th and
Broadway, downtown Oakland and online at:
www.academyofdacorner.blogspot.com and
www.marvinxoneducation.blogspot.com and
www.parablesandfablesofmarvinx.blogspot.com
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| ChickenBones
Poetry Book 2005
Land
of My Daughters
Poems 1995-2005
by
Marvin X
Reviewed by
Rudolph Lewis
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Parable of Purple—In
Oakland, we grew up playing the dozens, rapping
about another brother's mother, trying to "cap" or
best the brother in desecrating our sacred Mother
Goddess. The winner said the most hurtful things,
and yes, the contest often ended with a fight
because the loser felt ashamed and humiliated. The
hip hop generation has upped the game. On a recent
Monday night, half a block from Academy of Da Corner
at 14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland, two young
men had a rap contest on the street while a large
crowd listened attentively. When Craig, aka Purple,
won the contest, the loser, Mike, felt humiliated
and ashamed, especially because Purple had rapped
about catching Mike in a homosexual encounter. Amiri
Baraka's 60s play The
Toilet dealt with a similar encounter.
According to reports, Mike fired off two rounds into
the ground and urged Purple to shut up, but Purple
persisted, claiming he had the power of the Logos.
He continued slamming Mike with crowd approval. Mike
aimed his gun at Purple's chest and fired twice.
"Told you to shut up, nigguh. Told you to shut up!"
Purple stumbled into De Lauer's bookstore next door
and fell dead. There must be some significance to
his dying in a bookstore, a place of light in a
world of darkness. Such is life: sometimes we win
only to lose.—Marvin X–9/11/10 |
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Marvin X has given permission
to Harvard University to publish his poem "For El
Haji Rasul Taifa" from Love and War: Poems by
Marvin X (1995). The poem will appear in The
Encyclopedia of Islam in America Volume II,
Greenwood Press, edited by Dr. Jocelyne Cesari of
Harvard's Islam in the West Program. Mr. X is
co-editor of the forthcoming anthology Muslim
American Literature, University of Arkansas
Press, edited by Dr. Mojah Khaf. He is also in the
forthcoming Muslim American Drama, Temple
University. The Works
of Marvin X
Other Works By Marvin X |
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Books available from
Black Bird Press, POB1317, Paradise CA 95967 or
De Lauer’s News, 1310 Broadway at 14th, Oakland
To book Dr. M for speaking and readings, call 510-355-6339
mrvnx@yahoo.com /
www.marvinxwrites.blogspot.com
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How to order
BLACK BIRD
PRESS, 11132 NELSON BAR ROAD /
CHEROKEE CA 95965 / 510-472-9589, mrvnx@YAHOO.COM
HOW
TO SEND FOR THE WORKS OF MARVIN X POET/ESSAYIST/ ACTIVIST
Books Available:
In the Crazy House Called America,
essays, 2002, $19.95.
Land of My Daughters, poems,
2005, $19.95.
Wish I Could Tell You the Truth,
essays, 2005, $19.95.
Audio/Videos Now Available:
Wish I, reading/interview
with Marvin X by Pam Pam of KPOO Radio, SF., 2CD, 2005, $19.95.
Marvin X Live in the Fillmore,
Rass’ellas Jazz Club, San Francisco, DVD, a reading, filmed by
Ken Johnson, produced by Nisa Islam, 2005, $19.95.
Get Yo Mind Right,
documentary of Marvin X’s Barber Shop Talks, 2005, a PamPam/Marvin
X production, DVD, $19.95.
Love and War, poems by Marvin
X, CD, 2000, $19.95.
Live in Philly at Warm Daddies,
DVD, Marvin X accompanied by Elliot Bey, keyboards, Rufas
Harley, bagpipes, Danny Thompson, flute, Marshall Allen, alto
sax, Ancestor Goldsky, djembe, Alexander El, drums, 2002,
$19.95.
Marvin X Live at the Berkeley Black
Repertory Theatre, accompanied by Destiny, harpist,
Tarika Lewis, violinist, Tacuma, percussion, Kele Nitoto,
percussion, Raynetta Rayzetta, dancer/choreographer, DVD,
$19.95.
How To Order:
Send check/money order to Black Bird Press,
11132 Nelson Bar Road, Cherokee CA 95965. Add $5.00 for priority
mailing and handling. All mail orders get 50% discount.
For booking call 510-472-9589.
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Black Bird Press is an imprint of the Marian M.
Jackmon Foundation.
The Mission of the Marian M. Jackmon Foundation is to
preserve and disseminate the writings of Marvin X. Also,
to establish grants and scholarships for men and women
entrepreneurs of spiritual consciousness. Feel free to
make a generous donation to the Marian M. Jackmon
Foundation. Your donation can be tax deductible.
Marian M. Jackmon Foundation, P.O. Box 1317, Paradise
CA 95967. Call 510-472-9589 /
mrvnx@yahoo.com
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In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
By Howard Dodson
Always on the move, resourceful, and creative, men and women of African origin have been risk-takers in an exploitative and hostile environment. Their survival skills, efficient networks, and dynamic culture have enabled them to thrive and spread, and to be at the very core of the settling and development of the Americas. Their migrations have changed not only their world, and the fabric of the African Diaspora but also their nation and the Western Hemisphere.
Between 1492 and 1776, an estimated 6.5 million people migrated to the Americas. More than 5 out of 6 were Africans. The major colonial labor force, they laid the economic and cultural foundations of the continents. Their migrations continued during and after slavery. In the United States alone, 6.5 million African Americans left the South for northern and western cities between 1916 and 1970. With this internal Great Migration, the most massive in the history of the country, African Americans stopped being a southern, rural community to become a national, urban population.
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The Warmth of Other Suns
The Epic Story of America's Great
Migration
By Isabel Wilkerson
Ida Mae Brandon Gladney, a
sharecropper's wife, left Mississippi
for Milwaukee in 1937, after her cousin
was falsely accused of stealing a white
man's turkeys and was almost beaten to
death. In 1945, George Swanson Starling,
a citrus picker, fled Florida for Harlem
after learning of the grove owners'
plans to give him a "necktie party" (a
lynching). Robert Joseph Pershing Foster
made his trek from Louisiana to
California in 1953, embittered by "the
absurdity that he was doing surgery for
the United States Army and couldn't
operate in his own home town." Anchored
to these three stories is Pulitzer
Prize–winning journalist Wilkerson's
magnificent, extensively researched
study of the "great migration," the
exodus of six million black Southerners
out of the terror of Jim Crow to an
"uncertain existence" in the North and
Midwest. Wilkerson deftly incorporates
sociological and historical studies into
the novelistic narratives of Gladney,
Starling, and Pershing settling in new
lands, building anew, and often finding
that they have not left racism behind.
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The White Masters of the
World
From
The World and Africa, 1965
By W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois’
Arraignment and Indictment of White Civilization
(Fletcher)
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