sentences:  In 1974, Baraka distanced himself from Black nationalism and converted to Marxism-Leninism and became a supporter of third-world liberation movements.In 1979, he became a lecturer in the State University of New York at Stony Brook's Africana Studies Department in the College of Arts and Sciences at the behest of faculty member Leslie Owens.Articles about Baraka appeared in the University's print media from "Stony Brook Press", "Blackworld", and other student campus publications.