... Volume Suicide Note (1961), he dedicated several of the poems to the poets that he learned from or was influenced by. The two that had lasting influence on Baraka was Allen Ginsberg and Frank O"Hara. Another one of his popular writings includes Blues People (1963), which traced the social and political development of African American music. Some of his famous pieces of ... Movement and black political figures such as Malcolm X. The death of Malcolm X had a great effect on Amiri Baraka. Amiri Baraka had major influence from poets such as Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, and Frank O"Hara. F...

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