16 Facts About Amina Baraka

Amina Baraka was born on Sylvia Robinson; December 5,1942 and is an American poet, actress, author, community organizer, singer, dancer, and activist.

Amina Baraka's poetry has been featured in anthologies including Unsettling America.

Amina Baraka was active in the 1960s Black Arts Movement, as an artist.

Amina Baraka performed at the Cellar located at the Jazz Arts Society.

Amina Baraka's grandparents were blues artists; they played the guitar, harmonica, and piano.

Amina Baraka's grandmother was known for community mothering, looking after neighbors in the neighborhood, preparing meals, clothing, and bathing children.

Amina Baraka was the founder of the African Free School in Newark, New Jersey, which was a liberation school for community children.

Amina Baraka is one of the founding members of the Newark Art Society in 1963.

Amina Baraka wrote and performed dance dramas to music at the "loft" that later became known as the "Cellar".

In 1974, Amina Baraka organized an African women's conference that was held at Rutgers University.

In 1994, Amina Baraka's poetry was in the anthology Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry.

In 1995, Amina Baraka participated in the Black Women's United Front in Detroit, Michigan.

In 1998, Amina Baraka was a founding member of the Black Radical Congress in Chicago, Illinois.

In 2001, Amina Baraka's poetry is included in a collection called Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam.

In 1966, Amina married Amiri Baraka, who at that time was known as LeRoi Jones.

In 2022, Amina Baraka received an Unsung Hero award from 211 Community Impact, a non-profit that was co-founded by Dupre' Kelly of Lords of the Underground.