FTP, who is this author of the play Dutchman who Bantu-ized his name from LeRoi Jones?
He was dishonorably discharged from the Air Force for being a suspected Communist, and later he said the experience helped him understand "the white sickness."  He wrote an influential study called "Blues People," but created a storm of controversy as poet-laureate of New Jersey for his post-9/11 poem "Somebody Blew Up America." FTP, who is this author of the play Dutchman who Bantu-ized his name from LeRoi Jones?
He was dishonorably discharged from the Air Force for being a suspected Communist, and later he said the experience helped him understand "the white sickness."  
Amiri Baraka (accept LeRoi Jones before said)