"Though many aspects of June Jordan's unique and dynamic forms of work and activism have been well documented, "Life Studies," traces a through line of her creative interventions to form a fuller portrait of her complex and interrelated engagements. T...
Alternative Title:
Lost and Found, The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative ; series 7, number 3 and Works. Selections. 2017
Description:
"Writer and educator, June Jordan was born in Harlem in 1936, grew up there and in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. She began her teaching career as a poet working with New York City public school students, following a few years of work as an organizer a...
Subject (Geographic):
New York (State)--New York
Subject (Name):
Alcalay, Ammiel, editor of series, City University of New York. Center for the Humanities, issuing body, City University of New York--History, Jordan, June, 1936-2002, Lawrence, Stephon, managing editor, Mangum, Megan, book designer, and Morgan, Kate Tarlow, consul
Subject (Topic):
African Americans--Education (Higher), African Americans--Education (Higher)--New York (State)--New York--20th century, College students--Political activity, College students--Political activity--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century, Discrimination in housing, Discrimination in housing--New York (State)--New York--20th century, Education, Education--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century, Poetry--Study and teaching (Elementary), and Poetry--Study and teaching (Elementary)--New York (State)--New York--20th century
