Amiri Baraka (also known as LeRoi Jones)
Speaks at Massachusetts College of Art
Wednesday, February 25th at 5:00 pm, Tower Auditorium

International poet, dramatist, essayist and political activist, Amiri Baraka, also known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amiri Baraka, will present the 2004 Adderley Lecture at Massachusetts College of Art on Wednesday, February 25th, at 5:00pm in the Tower Auditorium. For five decades, Amiri Baraka has helped shape American social consciousness and African American cultural identity.

Beat poet, Black Arts Movement leader, jazz and blues writer, artist, intellectual and award-winning poet and author, Baraka has garnered many awards, including Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships, a Langston Hughes Award, and was recently inducted into The American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Established in 1995 in memory of Tyrone Maurice Adderley, the esteemed Adderley Lecture Series features artists, historians and writers of color. Past Adderley lecturers have included Chakaia Booker, Melvin Edwards, Arthur Jafa, Lorraine O'Grady, Sharon Patton, John Scott and Fred Wilson.

Massachusetts College of Art, 621 Huntington Ave., Boston
617-879-7333, public transportation via T Green (E): Longwood, Handicapped Accessible. Free and open to the public.