sentences:  In 1987, together with Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison, he was a speaker at the commemoration ceremony for James Baldwin.In 1989 Baraka won an American Book Award for his works as well as a Langston Hughes Award.In 1990 he co-authored the autobiography of Quincy Jones, and in 1998 he was a supporting actor in Warren Beatty's film "Bulworth".