Last Poets

'Mr. SOUL!' Shows How the Struggles of the 1960s Still Persist Today

Directed by Melissa Haizlip

PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2021

"Today, whites have every hour on television. The Blacks have none." The opening words of Melissa Haizlip's Mr. SOUL! are as apt as they a...

The Last Poets Co-Founder Jalal Mansur Nuriddin Dead at 74

PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2018

Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, co-founder of the Last Poets, passed away Monday night (June 4), following a battle with cancer. He was 74.   He was...

The Last Poets' Anger Has Global Scope on 'Understand What Black Is'

PUBLISHED May 17, 2018

Long before "woke" became a buzzword and Twitter hashtivism was a trend, there were the Last Poets. The group formed in Harlem in 1968, an...

The Last Poets

Understand What Black Is

PUBLISHED May 16, 2018

The world has changed in many ways since the Last Poets formed in the 1960s, but the battle for equality has yet to be won. Understand What...

The Last Poets

Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON — August 1, 2005

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2005

It's been a whopping 36 years since the Last Poets were born on May 16, 1969 at a memorial for Malcolm X, but the potency and relevancy of...