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A Fortress from Self Pity: June Jordan and Fannie Lou Hamer

June Jordan (1936-2002) was born on July 9, 1936, in Harlem, New York, the only child of Jamaican immigrant parents. She was a poet, essayist, teacher, feminist, civil rights activist, and self-identified Bisexual. While the students at most of the schools … Continue reading

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