American poet, essayist, playwright, feminist, bisexual activist (1936–2002)
June Jordan
Born
June Millicent Jordan (1936-07-09)July 9, 1936 Harlem, New York, U.S.
Died
June 14, 2002(2002-06-14) (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
www.junejordan.com
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.
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