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June Jordan

June Jordan (1936–2002)—an award-winning writer and social and political activist—was an influential voice of liberation in the civil rights, feminist, antiwar, and gay and lesbian rights movements. 

June Jordan seated in front of bookcase
Portrait of June Jordan seated in front of bookcase. June Jordan Papers, Hollis #: 8001072996
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Jordan published more than 25 works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and she was also a playwright, librettist, and lyricist. Her journalism appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world, and she contributed a regular column to the monthly left-wing magazine The Progressive.

June Jordan seated outdoors in grass
June Jordan seated in front of bookcase
June Jordan, on far right, with Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Nana Maynard, Ntzoke Shange, Vertamae Grosvenor and others
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Florynce Kennedy

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Pauli Murray

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Shirley Graham Du Bois

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Betty Friedan

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Dorothy West

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Black Women Oral History Project

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