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| Name: |
June Jordan | | Birth Date: |
July 9, 1936 | | Place of Birth: |
New York, New York, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Ethnicity: |
African American | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
poet, political activist |
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 Biography of June Jordan
9,005 words, approx. 30 pages
 June Jordan's is an extraordinarily powerful voice. Power as a central theme in Jordan's work is accentuated by her speaking voice, which is forthright, resolute, searing, at times explosive and frightening. From the outset Jordan has been fascinated... summary from source:
 Biography of June Jordan
8,049 words, approx. 27 pages
Jordan was born on July 9, 1936 in Harlem, the only child of immigrants from the British West Indies. When she was five, the family moved to the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, where she grew up in a brownstone on Hancock Street. "When I try to... summary from source:
 Biography of June Jordan
1,575 words, approx. 5 pages
The Jamaican American poet June Jordan (born 1936) explored multicultural and multiracial reality, feminism, and Third World activism in her many poems. She was also politically active in revolutionary movements in the Third World. June Jordan was born... 
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 June Jordan Quotes
359 words, approx. 1 pages
 June Jordan ( July 9 , 1936 - June 14 , 2002 ) was an African-American bisexual political activist, writer, poet, essayist, and teacher, born in Harlem, New York, to Jamaican immigrants. Sourced Body and soul, Black America reveals the extreme...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Jordan, June
286 words, approx. 1 pages(born July 9, 1936, New York, New York, U.S.—died June 14, 2002, Berkeley, California) African American author who investigated both social and personal concerns through poetry, essays, and drama. Jordan grew up in the New York City borough of... summary from source:
 June Jordan Information
1,000 words, approx. 3 pages
June Jordan (July 9 1936 - June 14 2002) was an Jamaican American political activist, writer, poet, and...
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 Peacework In memorian--June Jordan
07/01/2002: 732 words, approx. 2 pages June Jordan, a poet, political activist and one of the twentieth century's most prolific writers, died June 14, 2002. She was 65 and had been struggling with breast cancer for a decade. Her passions in writing ranged from feminism to race to teaching, her... summary from source:
Peacework In Memoriam - June Jordan
07/01/2002: 743 words, approx. 3 pages June Jordan, a poet, political activist and one of the twentieth century's most prolific writers, died June 14, 2002. She was 65 and had been struggling with breast cancer for a decade. Her passions in writing ranged from feminism to race to teaching, her...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Scott MacPhail
9,502 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following essay, MacPhail addresses the models of African-American intellectuals which influenced Jordan.
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Critical Essay by Peter Erickson
6,521 words, approx. 22 pages
In the following essay, Erickson surveys changes in Jordan's concepts of love and self-determination.
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Critical Essay by Alexis DeVeaux
5,160 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following essay, DeVeaux remarks the impact of Jordan's youth on her beliefs about poetry.
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