Audre Lorde

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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