Marvin X was born on Marvin Ellis Jackmon; May 29,1944 and is a poet, playwright and essayist.
10 Facts About Marvin X
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Marvin X grew up in Fresno and Oakland, in an activist household.
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Marvin X graduated from Thomas Alva Edison High School in Fresno in 1962.
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Marvin X's parents published the Black-owned paper of Fresno, California, called the Fresno Voice.
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Marvin X has four living children and one son who preceded him in death.
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Marvin X attended Merritt College, where he met Newton and Seale, and received his BA and MA in English from San Francisco State University.
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Marvin X has lectured at colleges and universities, including the University of Arkansas, the University of Houston, Morehouse and Spelman Colleges, the University of Virginia, Howard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Fresno City College, Medgar Evers College, New York University, and UMass Boston.
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Marvin X served as an aide to former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver and created the short-lived Marvin X Center for the Study of World Religions.
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Marvin X has taught Black Studies, drama, creative writing, journalism, English and Arabic at a variety of California universities and colleges.
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One of the movers and shakers of the Black Arts Movement, Marvin X has published 30 books, including essays, poems, plays, anthologies, as well as his autobiography, Somethin' Proper.