Everett LeRoi (Jones) Baraka (1934 - 2014)

Born 7 Oct 1934 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Jan 2014 at age 79 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Amiri (Jones) Baraka is Notable.

Amiri (Jones) Baraka is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Air Force 1954-1957
Attained the Rank of Sergeant

Amiri Baraka was born Everett LeRoi Jones and was previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka. Amiri was an African-American actor, teacher, theater director, theater producer, writer, activist, and poet.

Everett was born 7 Oct 1934 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.

In 1935, he was living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey

In 1940, Everett L Jones was 5 years old and living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey. He was living with his parents in the home belonging to his maternal grandparents and his sister Sandra E age 3.^[1]

He died on 9 Jan 2014 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey

Marriage

1. Hettie Cohen (divorced)

1. Amina Baraka (née Sylvia Robinson) in Aug 1967^[2]

Children: (need research to determine their mother)

• Kellie Jones (Notable in her own right)
• Lisa Jones (Notable in her own right)
• Dominique di Prima
• Maria Jones
• Shani Baraka
• Obalaji Baraka
• Ras J. Baraka (Notable in his own right)
• Ahi Baraka
• Amiri Baraka Jr.

Wikidata: Item Q354783

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1940; Census Place: Newark, Essex, New Jersey; Roll: m-t0627-02426; Page: 61B; Enumeration District: 25-473
2. ↑ "New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016", New Jersey State Archives; Trenton, New Jersey; Marriage Indexes; Index Type: Bride; Year Range: 1967; Surname Range: M-Z; Certificate Number: 28187, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 61253 #1173646335 (accessed 15 December 2023), Everett L Jones marriage to Sylvia Robinson in Aug 1967 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA.

• Wikipedia contributors. "Amiri Baraka." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 31 Dec. 2017. Web. 18 Jan. 2018.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4BR-XG7 : accessed 1 February 2018), Everett L Jones in household of Coyt L Jones, Ward 15, Newark, Newark City, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 25-473, sheet 61B, line 65, family 138, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2426.

See also:

• "Amiri Baraka (1934-2014)." IMDb, IMDb.com, Inc., 1990-2018, imdb.com/name/nm0052893/