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To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way.
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Birth: | 9th July, 1936 |
Death: | 14th June, 2002 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Activist, Biographer, Playwright, Poet, Teacher, Writer |
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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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