Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri

Sing! Fight! Sing! Fight! From LeRoi to Amiri (2024)

February 16th, 20241h 28min

Documentary, History
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Overview

The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.


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