Audre Lorde

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American writer Black feminist activist essayist feminist human lesbian feminist poet

Audre Lorde was a Black lesbian feminist poet, essayist, and activist whose work powerfully challenged racism, sexism, homophobia, and classism.

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Audre Lorde canonical 4
Audre Geraldine Lorde 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American writer ⓘ
Black feminist ⓘ
activist ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
feminist ⓘ
human ⓘ
lesbian feminist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
awardReceived American Book Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath breast cancer ⓘ
liver cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-02-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1992-11-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Columbia University ⓘ
Hunter College ⓘ
employer Hunter College ⓘ
John Jay College of Criminal Justice ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Lorde ⓘ
fullName Audre Lorde self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Audre Geraldine Lorde
genre autobiography ⓘ
essay ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Audre ⓘ
hasMotto “Your silence will not protect you.” ⓘ
influenced intersectional feminism ⓘ
knownFor challenging classism ⓘ
challenging homophobia ⓘ
challenging racism ⓘ
challenging sexism ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
movement Black feminist movement ⓘ
surface form: Black feminism

LGBT rights movement ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: civil rights movement

womanism ⓘ
notableWork Coal ⓘ
From a Land Where Other People Live ⓘ
Sister Outsider ⓘ
The Black Unicorn ⓘ
The Cancer Journals ⓘ
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name ⓘ
occupation librarian ⓘ
poet ⓘ
professor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Harlem ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Saint Croix ⓘ
U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sexualOrientation lesbian ⓘ

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Black feminist movement → keyFigure → Audre Lorde ⓘ
Broadside Press → publishedAuthor → Audre Lorde ⓘ
bell hooks → influencedBy → Audre Lorde ⓘ
Audre Lorde → fullName → Audre Lorde self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Audre Geraldine Lorde
Black feminist thought → hasKeyAuthor → Audre Lorde ⓘ