Haki Madhubuti Biography

A leading poet and one of the architects of the Black Arts Movement Haki R. Madhubuti—publisher editor and educator—has been a pivotal figure in the development of a strong Black literary tradition. He has published more than 31 books (some under his former name Don L. Lee) and is one of the world’s best-selling authors of poetry and non-fiction. His Black Men: Obsolete Single Dangerous?: The African American Family in Transition (1990) has sold more than 1 million copies. Selected titles include: Don’t Cry Scream! (1969) Tough Notes: A Healing Call For Creating Exceptional Black Men (2002) and Run Toward Fear (2004). His poetry and essays were published in more than 80 anthologies from 1997 to 2013. His recent releases are YellowBlack: The First Twenty-One Years of a Poet’s Life A Memoir (2006) and Liberation Narratives: New and Collected Poems 1966-2009 (2009). Madhubuti’s latest books are Honoring Genius: Gwendolyn Brooks: The Narrative of Craft Art Kindness and Justice (2011) and By Any Means Necessary Malcolm X: Real Not Reinvented (co-edited with Herb Boyd Ron Daniels and Maulana Karenga 2012).
Professor Madhubuti is a proponent of independent Black institutions. He founded Third World Press in 1967. He is also a founder of the Institute of Positive Education/New Concept School (1969) and a cofounder of Betty Shabazz International Charter School (1998) Barbara A. Sizemore Middle School (2005) and DuSable Leadership Academy (2005) all of which are in Chicago. Madhubuti was founder and editor of Black Books Bulletin (1970-1994) a key journal documenting the literature scholarship and conversations of African American voices for over two decades.

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