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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](https://radcliffe-harvard-edu.imgix.net/2986f765-1cbe-48d1-bc69-dc37bd84055c/june-jordan-papers_Schlesinger_8001072996.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&q=80&rect=275%2C406%2C3294%2C3292)
Portrait of June Jordan seated in front of bookcase. June Jordan Papers, Hollis #: 8001072996
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.
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