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Also known as Robert Charles "Bob" Black, Jr.

American anarchist

Person · Open Library

Works
22

Top works

  • The Baby and the bathwater, or
  • ביטולה של העבודה
  • The Right to Be Greedy
  • Abolition of Work
  • Rants and Incendiary Tracts: Voices of Desperate Illuminations

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1968-09
Active to
2025-07-05
blues rockbritishclassic rockdoom metalhard rockheavy metal

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
391
Total plays
1,040

Bob Black is nationally-renowned bluegrass banjo player who has recently written a book, "Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe." (University of Illinois Press). In 2002, he was awarded the Iowa Arts Council’s Arts Build Communities Award in the Traditional Arts. Born in Des Moines, Bob began playing banjo at age 15. He moved to Iowa City in the 1970s to play in The Bluegrass Union, a band that also included fiddler Alan Murphy. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Bob+Blac

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Bob
Family name
Black
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Detroit
Occupation
essayist
Languages spoken
English language
Academic degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Image
Bob Black, 2011 BAAB, cropped.jpg
Political ideology
anarchism
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influenced by
Walter Benjamin
date of birth
1951-01-04
birth name
Robert Charles Black, Jr.
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