in the Air force from 1954-1957, where he moved to the lower East Side of Manhattan and joined a circle of Greenwich Village artists, writers, and musicians. ? In 1958, Baraka founded the Totem Press, publishing beat movement icons such as John Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. ? Married Hettie Cohen (1958-1965) and became joint editor of the Yugen Literary Magazine. Separated after Malcolm X ’ s assassination. ? He helped found and direct the influential Black Arts movement which sought to move black writers away from western sensibilities and toward a plete embrace of the black world. Most Notable Works : Preface to a Twenty – Volume Suicide Note; Ka- Ba , An Agony. As Now., In memory of a Radio, and Wise I Other Works (Plays) Include: The Slave, The Toilet and Dutchman
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