June Jordan: Her Life and LettersJune Jordan was born on July 9, 1936, in Harlem, New York, to Mildred and Granville Jordan, Jamaican natives. During her life, she became one of the most prolific, important, and influential African American writers of her time. Before her death from breast cancer in 2002, Jordan published more than 27 books, including Some of Us Did Not Die, Solider: A Poet's Childhood, Poetry for the People: Finding a Voice through Verse, Haruko Love Poems, and Naming Our Destiny. Her work Civil Wars, a collection of letters and essays, addressed such topics as violence, homosexuality, race, and black feminism. Working in many genres and touching on many themes and issues, Jordan was a powerful force in American literature. This biography reveals the woman, the writer, the poet, the activist, the leader, and the educator in all her complexity. |
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... learning , and educational access . People from various ethnic , religious , cultural , and linguistic back- grounds , from all age and socioeconomic groups , and from differing learning levels , were invited to enter and study in the ...
... learning from the political activist and from other black residents of Mississippi . She would later use her lessons to continue the fight for justice and equality , beginning in her hometown of New York City . Mrs. Hamer , her husband ...
... learning initiatives . It is also fundamental to the democratization of language , the changing of political structures , and the achievement of real civil rights . The latter point is articulated in Jordan's essay " For the Sake of ...
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A Poets Childhood | 7 |
Two Who Look at Me | 31 |
Poems of Exile and Return | 49 |
Copyright | |
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Black Literate Lives: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Maisha T. Fisher No preview available - 2009 |