June Jordan | |
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| Born | June Millicent Jordan July 9, 1936 Harlem, New York, U.S. |
| Died | June 14, 2002 (aged 65) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, teacher, activist |
| Alma mater | Barnard College |
| Period | 1969–2002 |
| Genre | African-American literature, LGBT literature |
| Subject | Civil rights, Feminism, Bisexual/LGBT rights movement |
| Notable works | Who Look at Me (1969); Civil Wars (1981); I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (1995); His Own Where (2010) |
| Spouse | Michael Meyer (married 1955, divorced 1965) |
| Children | Christopher David Meyer |
| Website | |
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June Millicent Jordan (July 9, 1936 – June 14, 2002) was an American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. In her writing she explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation.[1][2]
Jordan was passionate about using Black English in her writing and poetry, teaching others to treat it as its own language and an important outlet for expressing Black culture.[3]
Jordan was inducted on the National LGBTQ Wall of Honor within the Stonewall National Monument in 2019.
- ^ Hine, Darlene Clark (2005). Black Women in America (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 170. ISBN 0195156773. OCLC 57506600.
- ^ Keating, AnnLouise (January 3, 2003). "Jordan, June". glbtq.com. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
- ^ Jordan, June (August 8, 1985). Nobody Mean More to Me Than You And the Future Life of Willie Jordan. p. 12.