But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom rides in 1966.
June Jordan Quotes
The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think.
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| Birth: | 9th July, 1936 |
| Death: | 14th June, 2002 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Activist, Biographer, Playwright, Poet, Teacher, Writer |
About
June Millicent Jordan was a Caribbean-American poet and activist. At Barnard Jordan met Columbia University student, Michael Meyer, whom she married in 1955. Jordan subsequently followed her husband to the University of Chicago, where he would pursue graduate studies in anthropology. She also enrolled at the university but soon returned to Barnard where she remained until 1957.
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