Illinois Authors

Jewel C Latimore

Born: 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: December 12, 2023

Pen Name: Johari Amini, Dr. Johari M. Amini-Hudson

Connection to Illinois: Latimore lived in Chicago.

Biography: Jewel C Latimore, AKA Johari Amini was a founder of Third World Press that was established in 1967 and the Institute of Positive Education that was established in 1969. A gifted poet and contributor to the Black Arts Movement, especially in Chicago, Johari was also an important figure in the Organization of Black American Culture, serving as founder, its publication NOMMO, the Kuumba Theater, and the Gwendolyn Brooks Writers' Workshop, and editor of Black Books Bulletin. Dr. Johari M. Amini-Hudson also went on to become a chiropractor. Her book, A Commonsense Approach to Eating: The Need to Become a Vegetarian served as a crossover of her two worlds.

Primary Literary Genre(s): Poetry

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Web: https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/amini-hudson-johari-1935
Web: https://aaregistry.org/story/johari-amini-a-theater-director-and-teacher/
Web: https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095408571
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johari_Amini

Selected Titles

	A Commonsense Approach to Eating: The Need to Become a Vegetarian ISBN: B0006W9L7A OCLC: Institute of Positive Education 1972
	An African frame of reference ISBN: B0006WBQ78 OCLC: Institute of Positive Education 1972
	Images in Black ISBN: B0007HBI20 OCLC: J.C. Press 1968
	Let's Go Some Where ISBN: 0883780119 OCLC: Third World Pr 1970