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Marvin X

1944–

United States

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Marvin X (born Marvin Ellis Jackmon; May 29, 1944) is an American poet, playwright, and essayist. Born in Fowler, California, he has taken the Muslim name El Muhajir ("the expatriate" in Arabic). His work has been associated with the Black Arts/Black Aesthetics Movement of the 1960s.

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