The Black Arts Movement Poet's Choir & Arkestra
First row: Eugene Redman, Marshall Trammell, Tarika Lewis, Aries Jordan, Zena Allen, Avotcha
Back row: Marvin X, Kalamu Chache', Juan Felipe Herrera, Tacuma King, Lakiba Pittman, Askia Toure, Genny Lim, Umar Bin Hassan, Ayodele Nzinga
Marvin X, co-producer (with Kim McMillan) of the recent Black Arts Movement Conference at University of California, Merced, has drafted the following persons to serve on the BAM National Tour advisory board:
Mrs. Amina Baraka, Newark, NJ
Sonia Sanchez, Philadelphia, PA
Woody King, New York, NY
Muhammida el Muhajir, Philadelphia PA
Askia Toure, Boston MA
Umar Bin Hasan, Baltimore MA
Felipe Luciano, NY, NY
Eugene Redman, East St. Louis, MO
Greg Morozumi, Oakland CA
Kim McMillan, Merced CA
Emory Douglas, San Francisco CA
Avotcja, Oakland CA
Tarika Lewis, Oakland CA
Tacuma King, Oakland CA
Judy Juanita, Oakland CA
Ted Wilson, Newark NJ
Dr. Nathan Hare, San Francisco CA
Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, Oakland CA
Geoffrey Grier, San Francisco CA
Pam Africa, Philadelphia, PA
Neferrtiti Jackmon, Houston TX
Bernard Stringer, Atlanta GA
Genny Lim, San Francisco CA
Juan Felipe Herrera, Oakland CA
Haki Madhubuti, Chicago ILL
Kalamu Ya Salaam, New Orleans, LA
Baba Lumumba, Washington DC
Muhammad Ahmed, Philadelphia PA
Michael Simanga, Atlanta GA
Billy X. Jennings, Sacramento CA
Fahizah Alim, Sacramento CA
Nisa Ra, Philadelphia PA
Jerry Vernado, Oakland CA
Aries Jordan, Oakland CA
Zena Allen, San Francisco CA
Ptah Allah El, Richmond CA
Dr. J. Vern Cromartie, Richmond
Paul Cobb, Oakland CA
Ras Baraka, Newark NJ
Paradise Jah Love, Oakland CA
Wanda Sabir, Oakland CA
Suzzette Celeste, Richmond CA
Pamela Young-King, Fresno CA,
Phavia Kujuchagulia, Oakland CA
Tureeda MIkal, Oakland CA
Joyce Gordon, Oakland CA
Jimmy Garrett, Oakland CA
Dominique Baraka, Los Angeles CA
Tony Medina, New York NY
Abiodun Oyemole, Harlem NY
Jessica Care Moore, Detroit MI
Mwalimu W. Kabaila, Los Angeles CA
John Burris, Oakland CA
Kalamu Chache', East Palo Alto, CA
Lakiba Pittman, East Palo Alto CA
If you would like your name removed from or added to this list, please contact Marvin X @ jmarvinx@yahoo.com. 510-200-4164. Advisory Board members will help plan the 27 city tour; help raise funds, produce and promote the tour, especially in their home cities. Each city will share the proceeds from this artistic, educational and spiritually healing project in honor and memory of Amiri Baraka, Sun Ra, Larry Neal, Yusef Iman, June Jordan, Sherley Ann Williams, Carolyn Rogers, Hoyte Fuller, Henry Dumas and all those who worked in the Black Arts Movement.
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