June Jordan

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June Jordan was an influential African American poet, essayist, and activist whose work powerfully addressed race, gender, social justice, and Black liberation.

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instanceOf activist
civil rights activist
essayist
feminist
person
poet
professor
causeOfDeath breast cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1936-07-09
dateOfDeath 2002-06-14
educatedAt Barnard College
employer City College of New York
Stony Brook University
surface form: State University of New York at Stony Brook

University of California, Berkeley
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Jordan
fieldOfWork Black liberation
anti-racism
essay
feminism
human rights
poetry
social justice
founded Poetry for the People program at University of California, Berkeley
genre autobiographical writing
children's literature
lyric poetry
political poetry
givenName June
hasHonor Guggenheim Fellowship
National Association of Black Journalists Award
PEN Center USA Freedom to Write Award
influenced contemporary Black feminist writers
spoken word poets
influencedBy Langston Hughes
W. E. B. Du Bois
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
movement Black Arts Movement
Black feminist movement
surface form: Black feminism

LGBT rights movement
womanism
notableWork Civil Wars: Observations from the Front Lines of America
Dry Victories
Fannie Lou Hamer
Haruko/Love Poems
His Own Where
Kissing God Goodbye: Poems, 1991–1997
Naming Our Destiny: New and Selected Poems
On Call
Soldier: A Poet's Childhood
Some Changes
Technical Difficulties
Things That I Do in the Dark
Who Look at Me
occupation children's writer
essayist
journalist
playwright
poet
teacher
placeOfBirth Harlem
surface form: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath Berkeley
surface form: Berkeley, California, United States
religion Christianity
residence Berkeley
surface form: Berkeley, California, United States

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender female
sexualOrientation bisexual
wroteAbout Black liberation
Palestinian liberation
class
gender
imperialism
race
sexuality
urban life

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Black Arts Movement notableFigure June Jordan
Some Changes author June Jordan
Some Changes creator June Jordan
On Call author June Jordan
Technical Difficulties author June Jordan
Technical Difficulties creator June Jordan
Haruko/Love Poems author June Jordan
Haruko/Love Poems hasAuthor June Jordan
Haruko/Love Poems creator June Jordan
Soldier: A Poet's Childhood author June Jordan
His Own Where author June Jordan
His Own Where authorName June Jordan
Who Look at Me author June Jordan
Who Look at Me writer June Jordan
Dry Victories author June Jordan
Dry Victories creator June Jordan
Dry Victories hasAuthor June Jordan