in philadelphia, out of sight but not out of mind, sonia sanchez.we are in new york city but she is in philadelphia. the great poet, activist, playwright are, dear friend of amiri baraka. as you listen to his poetry, talk more about your relationship with him and his affect on your work and the work of so many around the world. >> i am glad you claimed that speech, that eulogy he gave for brother jimmy. called it the, he black revolutionary mouth. our dear brother baraka was also god's revolutionary mouth. he also said in that eulogy that jimmy baldwin was not only a writer, an international literary figure, but he was also andn, spirit, voice, terrible as that first ancestor. morrison, maya, you mentioned them. that may be the measure of our lives. the measure of our dear brother's life was the language that he did. how he took that language and crossed the cities and countries and how he helped to document our bones. how he stood tall as lightning, heard the trumpeters, the tears of death, calling racism and colonialism, have his tongue caught fir