American poet and activist Amiri Baraka, born Everett LeRoi Jones, (1934-2014) reads the words to songs by Curtis Mayfield in a performance of William Parker's' 'Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield' on the final evening of Vision Festival XIII at Clemente Soto Velez Cultrual Center, New York, New York, Sunday, August 15, 2008. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)
