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Marvin X archives, University of California, Bancroft Library

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Description
The Marvin X Papers document the life and work of playwright, poet, essayist, and activist Marvin X during the nineties and the first decade of the 21st Century. The papers include correspondence; Marvin X's writings; materials related to the Recovery Theatre; works by his children and colleagues; and resource files. Correspondence includes letters, cards, and e-mails; correspondents include Amiri Baraka and other prominent African-American intellectuals. Marvin X's writings include notebooks, drafts, and manuscripts of poetry, novels, plays, essays, and planned anthologies. Documents from the Recovery Theatre include organizational and financial records and promotional material. Writings by others include essays, scripts, and academic papers by his three daughters. Resource files include academic articles, e-mails, flyers, news clippings and programs that contextualize and document Marvin X's involvement as an activist, intellectual, and literary figure in the African American community in the Bay Area in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Photographs include snapshots of family, friends, colleagues, and productions at the Recovery Theatre.
Background
Poet, playwright and essayist Marvin X was born Marvin E. Jackmon on May 29, 1944 in Fowler, California. He grew up in Fresno and Oakland, in an activist household. X attended Oakland City College (Merritt College), where he was introduced to Black Nationalism and became friends with future Black Panther founders Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. X earned a B.A. and M.A. in English from San Francisco State University and emerged as an important voice in the Black Arts Movement (BAM), the artistic arm of the Black Power movement, in the mid-to-late Sixties. X wrote for many of the BAM's key journals. He also co-founded, with playwright Ed Bullins and others, two of BAM's premier West Coast headquarters and venues - Oakland's Black House and San Francisco's Black Arts/West Theatre. In 1967, X joined the Nation of Islam and became known as El Muhajir. In the eighties, he organized the Melvin Black Forum on Human Rights and the first Annual All Black Men's Conference. He also served as an aide to former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver and attempted to create the Marvin X Center for the Study of World Religions. In 1999, X founded San Francisco's Recovery Theatre. His production of "One Day in the Life," the play he wrote about his drug addiction and recovery, became the longest-running African-American drama in Northern California. In 2004, in celebration of Black History Month, X produced the San Francisco Tenderloin Book Fair (also known as the San Francisco Black Radical Book Fair) and University of Poetry. X has taught Black Studies, drama, creative writing, journalism, English and Arabic at a variety of California universities and colleges. He continues to work as an activist, educator, writer, and producer.
Extent
Number of containers: 8 cartons, 1 box Linear feet: 10.2
Restrictions
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94270-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
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MANUSCRIPT
Marvin X papers, 1965-2010 (bulk 1993-2010).
X, Marvin, 1944- creator.


LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft BANC MSS 2006/217  carton 18   IN PROCESS RESTRICTED USE
 Bancroft Mss. Unit A BANC MSS 2006/217  oversize folder 1   AVAILABLE LIB USE ONLY
 Bancroft Mss. Unit A BANC MSS 2006/217  oversize folder 2   AVAILABLE LIB USE ONLY
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MIXED MATERIAL
Marvin X audio visual collection.
X, Marvin, 1944-
ca. 1980-2003.

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2-D GRAPHIC
Marvin X collection of theatrical posters [graphic].
X, Marvin, 1944-
ca. 1995-2002.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft BANC PIC 2007.072--C   AVAILABLE LIB USE ONLY
 Bancroft BANC PIC 2007.072--D   AVAILABLE LIB USE ONLY
Highly relevant Highly relevant titles entries 4-26
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PRINTED MATERIAL
I am Oscar Grant / Marvin X.
X, Marvin, 1944-
Berkeley, CA : Black Bird Press, c2010.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft Pamphlet p HV8148.O24 X2 2010   AVAILABLE LIB USE ONLY
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Pull yo pants up fada black prez and yoself! : essays on Obama drama / Marvin X.
X, Marvin, 1944-
Berkeley, CA : Black Bird Press, c2010.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p E907 .X2 2010   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Eldridge Cleaver, my friend the devil : a memoir / Marvin X.
X, Marvin, 1944-
Berkeley, CA : Black Bird Press, c2009.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft E185.97.C6 X2 2009   DUE 08-22-18 LIB USE ONLY
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Mythology of pussy / Marvin X.
X, Marvin, 1944-
[S.l. : s.n., 2009?]

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3555.L17 M98 2009   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Beyond religion toward spirituality : essays on consciousness / Marvin X
X, Marvin, 1944-
Cherokee, CA. : Black Bird Press, c2007.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) B808.9 X12 2007   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
Book Cover
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Wish I could tell you the truth : essays / Marvin X (El Muhajir).
X, Marvin, 1944-
Cherokee, CA. : Black Bird Press, c2005.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) PS3555.L17 W5 2005   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Land of my daughters : poems : 1995-2005 / Marvin X (El Muhajir).
X, Marvin, 1944-
Cherokee, CA : Black Bird Press, c2005.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3555.L17 L35 2005   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
In the crazy house called America : essays / by Marvin X ; [introduction by Suzzette Celeste ; foreword by James W. Sweeney].
X, Marvin, 1944-
Castro Valley, Calif. : Black Bird Press, c2002.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) PS3555.L17 I5 2002   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
Book Cover
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PRINTED MATERIAL
For the women / Marvin X.
X, Marvin, 1944- author.
[Oakland?] : [publisher not identfied], [2000?]

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft Pamphlet Double Folio pff PS3555.L17 F67 2000   IN PROCESS LIB USE ONLY
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Free Mumia Abu-Jamal / by Marvin X.
X, Marvin, 1944- author.
[San Francisco?] : [publisher not identified], [1999]

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft Pamphlet Double Folio pff PS595.A22 X 1999   IN PROCESS LIB USE ONLY
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Somethin' proper : the life and times of a North American African poet / by Marvin X ; introduction by Nathan Hare.
X, Marvin, 1944-
Castro Valley, CA : Black Bird Press, c1998.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) PS3555.L17 S6 1998   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
Book Cover
15
PRINTED MATERIAL
Love and war : poems / by Marvin X ; preface by Lorenzo Thomas.
X, Marvin, 1944-
Castro Valley, Calif. : Black Bird Press, c1995.

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 Bancroft (NRLF) PS3555.L17 L68 1995   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
 Bancroft (NRLF) PS3555.L17 L68 1995 c.2 AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
 UCD Special Collections (NRLF) PS3555.L17 L68 1995   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
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Book Cover
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Liberation poems for North American Africans / by Marvin X.
X, Marvin, 1944-
Fresno, CA : Al Kitab Sudan Press, c1983.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft Pamphlet p PS3555.L17 L5 1983   AVAILABLE LIB USE ONLY
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Confession of a wife beater : and other poems / by Marvin X.
X, Marvin, 1944-
Fresno, Calif. : Al Kitab Sudan Press, c1981.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3555.L17 C6 1981 c.2 AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Selected poems / by Marvin X.
X, Marvin, 1944-
Fresno, Calif. : Al Kitab Sudan Press, 1979.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft Pamphlet p PS3574.A11 A17 1979   AVAILABLE LIB USE ONLY
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3555.L17 A18 1979 c.2 AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
The black bird : a parable / by Marvin X. Illustrated by Karen Johnson.
X, Marvin, 1944-
San Francisco : Julian Richardson & Associates for Al Kitab Sudan Productions, c1972

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) pf PS3555.L17 B53 1972   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Black man listen : poems and proverbs / by Marvin X. [i.e. El Muhajir]
X, Marvin, 1944-
Detroit, Mich. : Broadside Press, c1969

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft Pamphlet p PS3555.L17 .B5 1970   AVAILABLE LIB USE ONLY
 NRLF (UCB) PS3563.Ma743 B5   AVAILABLE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
The son of man : proverbs / by Marvin X. [i.e. El Muhajir]
X, Marvin, 1944-
Fresno, Calif. : Al Kitab Sudan, c1969

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft Pamphlet p PS3555.L17 .S6   AVAILABLE LIB USE ONLY
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Fly to Allah : poems / Marvin X [i. e. El Muhajir].
X, Marvin, 1944-
Fresno, Calif. : Al Kitab Sudan, 1969.

LocationCall No.Status
 NRLF (UCD) PS3563 A743F5   AVAILABLE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Fly to Allah : poems / by Marvin X
X, Marvin, 1944-
Fresno, Calif. : Al Kitab Sudan Publication, c1969

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3555.L17 .F5 c.2 AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
The son of man : proverbs / by Marvin X. [i.e. El Muhajir]
X, Marvin, 1944-
Fresno, Calif. : Al Kitab Sudan, c1969.

LocationCall No.Status
 NRLF (UCD) PS3563 A743S6   AVAILABLE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Black man listen : poems and proverbs / by Marvin X. [i.e. El Muhajir]
X, Marvin, 1944-
Detroit, Mich. : Broadside Press, c1969.

LocationCall No.Status
 NRLF (UCD) PS3563 A743B5   AVAILABLE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Palestine / Marvin X.
X, Marvin, 1944- author.
[California?] : [publisher not identified], [200-?]

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft Pamphlet Double Folio pff PS3555.L17 P36 2000z   IN PROCESS LIB USE ONLY
Very relevant Very relevant titles entries 27-71
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Black Hollywood unchained : commentary on the state of Black Hollywood / edited by Ishmael Reed.

Chicago : Third World Press, [2015]

LocationCall No.Status
 BAMPFA Film Library PN1995.9.N4 B5184 2015   AVAILABLE LIB USE ONLY
 Bancroft PN1995.9.N4 B5184 2015   AVAILABLE LIB USE ONLY
Book Cover
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Black Hollywood unchained : commentary on the state of Black Hollywood / edited by Ishmael Reed.

Chicago : Third World Press, [2015]

LocationCall No.Status
 Moffitt Lobby New Books PN1995.9.N4 B5184 2015   IN PROCESS
Book Cover
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Mother earth responds : green songs and alternative visions : poems, essays, narratives, 2000-2006 / by Askia M. Touré.
Touré, Askia M.
Camden, NJ : Whirlwind Press, c2007.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3570.O77 M6 2007   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
Book Cover
30
PRINTED MATERIAL
Butt naked, raw & uncensored : essays, articles, retrospective and poetry / by Sadiki Bakari.
Bakari, Sadiki.
[S.l.] : Sadiki Bakari, c2007.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft Pamphlet Folio pf E185.625 .B33 2007   AVAILABLE LIB USE ONLY
Book Cover
31
PRINTED MATERIAL
In the footsteps of the prophet : lessons from the life of Muhammad / Tariq Ramadan.
Ramadan, Tariq.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2007.

LocationCall No.Status
 Main (Gardner) Stacks BP76.2 .R36 2007   AVAILABLE
 Bancroft (NRLF) BP76.2 .R36 2007   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
Book Cover
32
PRINTED MATERIAL
Swallowing watermelons / Karla Brundage.
Brundage, Karla, 1967-
Berkeley, Calif. : Ishmael Reed Pub. Co., c2006.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3602.R844 S93 2006   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
Book Cover
33
PRINTED MATERIAL
Transfer / Alan King.
King, Alan, 1981-
[Maryland? : A. King?] , c2006.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3611.I56 T73 2006   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
34
PRINTED MATERIAL
Soul on Islam / Ahmad Maceo Eldridge Cleaver.
Cleaver, Ahmad Maceo Eldridge.
Astoria, NY : Seaburn Pub. Group, c2006.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p BP223.Z8 C4 2006   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
Book Cover
35
PRINTED MATERIAL
The unscene : poems / Derrick Weston Brown.
Brown, Derrick Weston.
[Mount Rainier, Md? : D. W. Brown?], c2006.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3602.R69 U5 2006   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Africa and the war on terrorism.

London : Adonis & Abbey, 2005.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) pf HV6433.A35 A342 2005   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Ghetto folklore : a hip hop poetical perspective on culture, politics and religion / written by Ptah Mitchell.
Mitchell, Ptah.
[S.l.] : Oxenfree Productions, c2005.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft Pamphlet p PS3613.I86 G45 2005   STORAGE PREP LIB USE ONLY
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PRINTED MATERIAL
Ghetto folklore : a poetical hip hop perspective of Afican [sic] culture, history and politics / written by Ptah Mitchell.
Mitchell, Ptah.
[S.l. : s.n.], 2004.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3613.I86 G45 2004   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
39
PRINTED MATERIAL
One day in the life [electronic resource]
X, Marvin, 1944-
Alexandra, Va. : Alexander Street Press, c2004

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PRINTED MATERIAL
Showing out : a novel / Timothy Reed.
Reed, Timothy, 1960-
New York : Thunder's Mouth Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2003.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) PS3618.E4359 S56 2003   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
Book Cover
41
PRINTED MATERIAL
Slo' dance : poems / by Ted Wilson
Wilson, Ted (Theodore L.)
Brooklyn : Shamal Books, 2003.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3623.I587 S5 2003   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
42
PRINTED MATERIAL
From a hard rock to a gem : a memoir of a lost soul : a novel / by Pamela M. Johnson.
Johnson, Pamela M.
San Francisco, CA : Macavelli Press, 2003.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) PS3610.O37 F76 2003   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
Book Cover
43
PRINTED MATERIAL
The life and confessions of a Black studies teacher : God's mercy found this trembling soul / Cecelia Louise Hatshepsut Arrington.
Arrington, Cecelia Louise Hatshepsut, 1940-
Oakland, Calif. : Bye Pub., c2002.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) E184.7 .A77 2002   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
Book Cover
44
PRINTED MATERIAL
Why is we Americans? / Amiri B.
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014
[Newark, N.J.] : Razor, [ca. 2002?]

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3552.A583 W56 2002   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
45
PRINTED MATERIAL
The resurrection of the dead [electronic resource]
X, Marvin, 1944-
Alexandria, Va. : Alexander Street Press, c2002

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PRINTED MATERIAL
Take care of business [electronic resource]
X, Marvin, 1944-
Alexandria, Va. : Alexander Street Press, c2002

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PRINTED MATERIAL
The black bird [electronic resource]
X, Marvin, 1944-
Alexandria, Va. : Alexander Street Press, c2002

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PRINTED MATERIAL
The illuminated prayer : the five-times prayer of the Sufis as revealed by Jellaludin Rumi & Bawa Muhaiyaddeen / Coleman Barks, Michael Green.
Barks, Coleman.
New York : Ballantine Wellspring, 2000.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) BP178 .B38 2000   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
Book Cover
49
PRINTED MATERIAL
Brother status / Shadrach Linscomb.
Linscomb, Shadrach.
San Francisco : View House Pub., c2000.

LocationCall No.Status
 Bancroft (NRLF) p PS3562.I5514 B7 2000   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE
Book Cover
50
PRINTED MATERIAL
The crisis in black and black / by Earl Ofari Hutchinson.
Hutchinson, Earl Ofari.
Los Angeles, CA : Middle Passage Press, c1998.

LocationCall No.Status
 Main (Gardner) Stacks E185.86 .H88 1998   AVAILABLE
 Bancroft (NRLF) E185.86 .H88 1998   AVAILABLE RESTRICTED USE