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June Jordan (July 9, 1936-June 14, 2002) was an African-American bisexual political activist, writer, poet, and teacher, born in Harlem, New York, to Jamaican immigrants.
Early life
Jordan' father Granville Ivanhoe Jordan was a postal clerk, and her mother, Mildred, a nurse. When Jordan was five, the family moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She was the only black student in her high school. In 1953, Jordan enrolled at Barnard College. There she met a white Columbia University student, Michael Meyer. They married in 1955, and had a son, Christopher. The couple divorced in 1966.
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@CoolroySays don't trip bruh its one game. In the long run this game is insignificant. Its bout June u know that Jordan fan.
Jay_Write (Jon Jon) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:28:28 -0000
@CoolroySays don't trip bruh its one game. In the long run this game is insignificant. Its bout June u know that Jordan fan.
22 famous June Jordan quotes http://bit.ly/6AUYGj
listlike (ListLike) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:30:01 -0000
22 famous June Jordan quotes http://bit.ly/6AUYGj
Lovely day indeed! RT @AliDahmash: Feels like x-mas in June! Welcome to Global Warming in Jordan! Lovely day to be outdoors
razano (Razan Khatib) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:27:39 -0000
Lovely day indeed! RT @AliDahmash: Feels like x-mas in June! Welcome to Global Warming in Jordan! Lovely day to be outdoors
Feels like x-mas in June! Welcome to Global Warming in Jordan! Lovely day to be outdoors
AliDahmash (Ali Dahmash) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:25:48 -0000
Feels like x-mas in June! Welcome to Global Warming in Jordan! Lovely day to be outdoors
Niggaz really goin hard off some #spacejams Im be honest last time I had jordan was like june..I just got them to go wit a outfit...
Hiiamra (rasheeda norris) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:43:37 -0000
Niggaz really goin hard off some #spacejams Im be honest last time I had jordan was like june..I just got them to go wit a outfit...
RT @londyjamel: i feel moved to repost this--for vulnerable bodies everywhere. june jordan's "poem about my rights": http://bit.ly/N1hzd
ImjustZidonia (Queen of the Desert) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:54:15 -0000
RT @londyjamel: i feel moved to repost this--for vulnerable bodies everywhere. june jordan's "poem about my rights": http://bit.ly/N1hzd
Academy of American Poets: June Jordan - Photo and brief biographical profile.
Jordan, June (1939-2002) - Short essay on the life of the openly bisexual poet.
Meta Description: [ In both her poetry and her essays, June Jordan called for the rejection of stereotypical views of bisexuality, and she associated sexual independence with political commitment. ]
June Jordan - Obituary for the African-American poet, essayist, and activist. [The Guardian]
June Jordan - Biographical timeline, bibliography, how to obtain permissions, where her papers are archived.
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June Jordan, 65, Poet and Political Activist, Dies - Obituary for the writer and teacher. [New York Times]
June Jordan’s April 10, 1999 - Dan Schneider wonders aloud why anyone could think that this political screed was good poetry.
Like June... - Opinion piece written shortly after Jordan's death, on the invisibility of a Black woman intellectual.
Meta Description: [ "And I got to thinking about the moral meaning of memory… [A]nd what it means to forget, what it means to fail to find and preserve the connections with the dead whose lives you, or I, want or need to honor with our own." —June Jordan ]
New York State Writers Institute: June Jordan - Introduction to the prolific African-American writer.
Speaking Freely: June Jordan - Photo, profile of the poet. Also an audio file (in WAV format) of her speaking about her political engagement.
The Poetry and Politics of June Jordan - The Swarthmore College student newspaper interviews the University of California Berkeley professor of African-American Studies. [The Phoenix]
Voices From the Gaps: June Jordan - Biography, criticism, selected bibliography, and links.
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