June Jordan
June Millicent Jordan was an American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. In her writing she explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation.
Background
- Born in
- Harlem
- Educated at
- Barnard CollegeNorthfield Mount Hermon SchoolMidwood High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Lambda Literary Award
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Trending topics shown first"Efficiency, competence: Black students know the deadly, neutral definition of these words. There seldom has been a more efficient system for profiteering, through human debasement, than the plantation…"
"Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme questions of contemporary life, questions of freedom and identity: How can I be who I am?"
"Jordan, June, 1936-2002. Videotape collection of June Jordan, 1976-2002. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University."
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1936
Born
Birth2002
Died
Death
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