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AchievementJanuary 1964· arts

Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) Writes 'Dutchman'

Baraka's one-act play, staged Off-Broadway and winning an Obie Award, depicts a deadly seduction between a white woman and a Black man on the New York subway. A foundational text of the Black Arts Movement, it provoked debate about race, sexuality, and Black identity.