Imamu Amiri Baraka Imamu Amiri Baraka is a poet and playwright that became well known in the late sixties and early seventies. He wrote many controversial poems and plays such as “Dutchman”, and poems such as the collection “A Preface to a 20 Volume Suicide Note…” Baraka dealt with many issues ranging from homosexuality to racsism. In his lifetime Baraka has experihenced much racsism due to him being African-American. He never backed down from his critics …showed first 75 words of 1114 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1114 total…to a supreme white society. Amiri Baraka dealt with the issues of racism and homosexuality during a very tense time in American history. He brought much controversy to these issues and he never backed down from his critics. His ideas were strange and need a lot of thought applied to them before you can truly understand them. Amiri Baraka is truly a unique personality that made some of the finest modern African-American poems and plays.