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by Valerie Kinloch


  Bilingual education, 122, 128, 131–33

  107, 111, 116, 125, 134

  Black arts, 5, 56, 75–78, 83–84, 92–93

  Clifton, Lucille, 157

  Black English, 3, 41–43, 95–96, 105,

  Clinton, Bill, 136

  108–110, 132

  COLLABORATION, 153, 155, 166

  Black Power Movement, 77–78, 81–83,

  Colonialism, 111, 161, 163

  106, 156

  Community: academic, 113, 122–23,

  Blassingame, John, 77

  128, 134, 145, 148; beloved, 78, 79,

  “The Bombing of Baghdad,” 91, 114,

  90, 111, 115, 119, 128, 139, 143,

  136, 146

  145, 162, 163; black, 34–36, 60, 76,

  Bosnia, 100, 114, 136, 164

  80, 145, 160; Brooklyn, 25, 152;

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  feminist, 86, 145, 163; political,

  Hamer, Fannie Lou: activist, 2, 32,

  34–36, 51–52, 60–61, 70, 78, 110,

  40–41, 44, 45, 46, 50, 55, 68, 71, 75,

  137; restoration, 54, 60, 81, 108;

  77, 91, 101, 159; biography, 5, 45, 48,

  service/outreach, 51, 54, 101, 108,

  82, 95, 96, 99, 100, 105, 107, 110,

  125–26, 133, 135, 163, 164, 165

  112

  CORE, 80

  Harjo, Joy, 115

  Harlem Renaissance, 77

  Datcher, Michael, 124

  Harlem Riot of 1964, 7, 9, 32–35, 48, 77

  Davis, Angela, 52, 147, 160

  Heller, Jan Levi, 115

  Democracy, 10–11, 22, 40, 44, 48, 54,

  Hemphill, Essex, 77

  59, 89, 90, 92, 116, 117, 119, 133,

  Heterosexism, 125, 127, 141, 160–61

  137

  Hill, Anita, 137

  DeVeaux, Alexis, 50, 52, 106

  His Own Where, 1, 4, 5, 32, 41–43, 61,

  Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of

  96, 108–11, 132, 166

  June Jordan, 5, 115, 122, 149, 150

  History: cultural/familial, 7, 14, 19, 29,

  Diversity, 52, 111, 123, 132, 136, 140

  47, 66; discrimination/violence, 45,

  Dry Victories, 5, 82, 95, 96, 101, 102,

  48, 69–70, 161; exclusion, 21, 38;

  105, 107, 108, 166

  human, 7–8, 38–39, 65, 101, 107,

  Du Bois, W.E.B., 157

  145, 161; literary and linguistic,

  Eady, Cornelius, 115

  54–55, 106, 116; sexuality, 28, 69,

  Ellison, Ralph, 11

  158; United States, 101

  Howard University, 87

  Feminism, 50, 84, 87, 111, 113, 114,

  Hughes, Langston, 2, 38, 48, 62, 65, 146,

  140, 159, 162, 164

  155–57

  Fisher, Maisha, xi

  Hurston, Zora Neale, 55–56

  Flanders, Laura, 52, 115

  Foreman, Ruth, 106, 121, 122, 124

  Identity: collective, 45, 76, 110, 116; cul-

  Freedom: academic, 37, 134; and democ-

  tural, 10, 23, 27, 50, 77, 97, 126, 158;

  racy, 10, 44, 48, 51, 67, 80, 117; of

  difference, 25, 39, 65, 70, 95; femi-

  expression, 107, 137; fighters/fights,

  nism, 18, 114, 140; gender, 48, 57,

  2, 4, 8, 28, 40, 47, 48, 51, 65, 70, 73,

  69, 70, 126; individual, 2, 9, 22,

  74, 80–81, 99, 115, 162, 163; human,

  32–33, 45, 97, 158; national and

  1–3, 5, 7, 32, 45, 59, 60, 62, 79, 91,

  political, 8, 9, 27, 33, 36, 48, 57, 60,

  110, 116–18, 162; and love, 23, 28,

  63, 69, 96, 116, 129; power, 18, 33,

  90, 107, 116, 164, 166; opportunity,

  77, 88, 90, 96, 110, 138; race, 28

  129–31; rides, 4, 5, 28, 32, 75, 78;

  safety, 150, 156, 161, 162; sexual, 63,

  “In the Land of White Supremacy,” 131

  83, 87, 140, 141, 142; struggles,

  Israel, 90, 91, 92, 93, 107–8, 118, 140,

  95–96, 112, 130, 153, 154

  154, 164

  Freedom Now Suite, 103

  Johnson, Angela, 96

  Gaines, Ernest, 77

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 129

  Garvey, Marcus, 9–10

  Jordan, Granville Ivanhoe, 1, 9–13,

  “Getting Down to Get Over,” 47, 56, 57

  15–26, 46–47, 59, 63, 65, 111, 142

  Jordan, Mildred Maude Fisher, 1, 8, 9,

  Hacker, Marilyn, 50, 65, 72, 106, 157–58

  13–25, 27, 32, 35, 43, 46–47, 63,

  Haley, Alex, 77

  65–66, 111, 162

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  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 5, 78–81, 85,

  NdegéOcello, Me’Shell, 157

  111, 135, 157

  New Life: New Room, 95, 96, 102, 103,

  King, Rodney, 136–37

  105, 107, 110

  Kohl, Herbert, 36–37

  New Negro Movement, 77

  Ku Klux Klan, 130, 158

  Nicaragua, 39, 71, 72, 89, 91, 93, 100,

  107, 115, 117–18, 136, 150, 155, 164

  Language: and beauty, 23, 24, 43, 64, 99;

  Northern Ireland, 93, 100

  coding, varieties, and systems, 42–43,

  Northfield School, 27, 126

  92, 105, 108, 123, 128; commitment

  “On Bisexuality and Cultural Pluralism,”

  to, 3; democratic, 1, 3, 5, 124–26; and

  48

  disposition, 24, 62, 89, 97, 152; and

  On Call: Political Essays, 48

  literature, 103, 122, 152; (non)stan-

  Open admissions, 37, 43, 55–56, 81,

  dardized, 89, 95, 109, 121, 128,

  128, 132

  131–34; and politics, 8, 43, 64, 92,

  Orridge, Valerie, ix, 3, 10, 12, 13–20, 22,

  121, 123; and power, 3, 24, 42–43,

  26–27, 46, 147, 149, 152, 162

  62, 92, 96, 107, 110, 126, 152; rights,

  Orwell, George, 43, 127

  8, 42, 48, 74, 95, 121; translation of,

  Palestine, 7–8, 86, 90–91, 93, 107, 111,

  163; uncensored, 1, 42, 64, 66, 74,

  112, 115, 118–19, 136, 140, 143, 154,

  117–18, 136, 162

  162–65

  Law: housing, 53, 159; immigration, 23;

  Passion: New Poems 1977–1980, 60, 65,

  and legislation, 23, 86, 150; and liber-

  68, 142, 157

  ation, 78; and oppression, 34, 48,

  Persian Gulf War, 113, 122

  131, 165; protection, 48, 78, 118,

  Piercy, Marge, 50

  130, 131, 150; spiritual, 125

  Piven, Francis Fox, 53–54

  Lebanon, 39, 91, 93, 107, 111–12, 114,

  Plays (by June Jordan), 57–58, 103, 165

  115, 118, 136, 139, 150, 153, 154,

  “Poem About My Rights,” 53, 68–72,

  164

  109, 142, 158

  Lerner, Gerda, 77

  Poetry for the People, 8, 58, 92, 106–7,

  Lester, Julius, ix, 106

  113, 115, 119, 121–23, 127, 134, 143,

  Literacy, 22, 36, 40, 54, 92, 105, 122,

  150–52

  123, 133, 134, 162, 163

  Police violence, 34, 57, 71, 76, 79, 86,

  Lorde, Audre, 18, 37, 50, 77, 82, 91, 107

  115, 118, 136–37, 146, 153

  Politics, 8, 31, 33, 43, 50, 52, 54, 55, 69,

  Malcolm X, 33–34, 37, 52

  70, 75–77, 81, 86–88, 90, 92, 95, 96,

  Massachusetts Preparatory School, 26

 
106, 111, 116, 118–19, 122, 125, 127,

  Meyer, Christopher, 31, 54, 71, 98, 152

  129, 135, 136, 140, 141, 143, 145,

  Meyer, Michael, 27, 28, 31, 35, 45, 48,

  150, 158, 161, 164–66

  59, 71, 141

  Poverty, 60, 105, 122, 132, 135, 160–63

  Miles, Sara, 8, 50, 52, 106, 115, 143

  “Problems of Language in a Democratic

  Miller, E. Ethelbert, ix, 3, 52, 65, 67, 68,

  State,” 105

  70, 98, 104, 106, 115, 145, 146, 150,

  Proposition 209, 128, 130, 146

  152, 157

  Proposition 227, 131, 132, 134, 146

  Moore, Honor, 50

  Morrison, Toni, 52, 77

  Race and racism, 23, 28, 45, 55, 57, 61,

  Moving Towards Home, 46

  64, 65, 77, 78, 87, 99, 110, 118, 123,

  Moynihan, Daniel, 51

  125, 126, 131, 132, 134, 147, 153, 155

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  Rape, 56, 68–70, 100, 107, 110, 114, 122,

  Teaching, 8, 9, 21, 25, 36–38, 48, 50, 51,

  136–40, 142–143, 146, 158, 161, 163

  53, 55–57, 59, 65, 73, 74, 78–81, 87,

  Reagan, Ronald, 87–89, 95, 117, 131,

  92, 95, 96, 103, 105, 106, 110, 111,

  139

  113, 119, 121–28, 132–36, 142, 160

  Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 152, 156, 166

  Technical Difficulties, 116, 122, 136, 143

  Resistance, 7–8, 32, 34, 51, 66, 69–70,

  Thomas, Clarence, 137

  78, 79, 83, 84, 86, 108, 111–13, 117,

  Torf, Adrienne, ix, 3, 35, 42, 52, 65, 82,

  119, 136, 138, 140, 156, 161, 163

  92, 98, 103, 104, 106, 109, 135,

  Rich, Adrienne, 37, 52, 66, 93, 106, 127,

  151–53, 155, 157–59, 166

  143, 152

  Rich, Evie and Marvin, 80

  Uganda, postage stamp, 166

  University of California at Berkeley, 58,

  Sanchez, Sonia, 157

  92, 106, 113, 114, 119, 121–24,

  Segregation, 22, 32, 77, 79, 90, 97, 104,

  127–29, 135, 146, 148, 150–52, 154,

  160–61

  157, 166

  Sexism, 48, 70, 77, 81, 109–10, 118,

  University of Chicago, 27–28

  125, 136, 140, 161

  Sexuality: 54, 81, 82, 87, 122, 141;

  Violence, 17, 18, 22, 23, 32, 34, 37, 41,

  bisexuality, 48, 82, 87, 118, 140,

  42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 54, 56–63, 66, 67,

  141–43, 146; choice, 81–83, 86, 87,

  68–71, 75–81, 83, 87, 88, 91, 93, 106,

  109–10, 113, 123, 143; harassment,

  109–12, 114, 118–19, 130, 136–40,

  138, 139; heterosexuality, 48, 87, 141,

  150, 158–59, 161, 163

  160–61; homosexuality, 114, 125; and

  The Voice of the Children, 36, 95–119

  love, 28, 81, 87, 141, 160–61; and

  sex, 99, 109, 157

  Walker, Alice, 40, 52, 55, 65, 91, 100,

  Schomberg Center for Research on Black

  103, 107, 110, 114, 132, 147, 152,

  Culture, x

  160

  Scott-Heron, Gil, 73, 157

  War, 35, 37, 61, 74, 75, 79, 87–89, 91,

  Sellars, Peter, 42, 153, 160

  97, 101, 106, 111–14, 122, 125, 126,

  Shange, Ntozake, 52, 58, 68

  132, 136, 138, 139, 146, 150, 155,

  Silence, 11, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24,

  159, 160–63

  28, 36, 43, 57, 63–66, 69–71, 83–84,

  “War and Memory,” 72, 111

  96, 110, 112, 118, 122, 126, 136, 137,

  White: contempt, 78, 79, 86, 87, 99, 100,

  140, 142, 146, 154, 163

  101, 129, 131, 137, 160; publishing,

  Soldier: A Poet’s Childhood, 7, 9, 13, 20,

  76, 117, 127; western imagery and

  21, 24, 26, 107, 149, 158, 162

  beauty, 116–17, 156

  Soulscript: Afro-American Poetry, 60–62,

  Whitman, Walt, 8, 52, 53, 58, 68, 72,

  96, 97, 109, 110, 165

  124–27, 134, 142, 146, 152

  South Africa, 57, 68–70, 100, 111, 113,

  Who Look at Me, 31–33, 38, 39, 82, 165

  115, 136, 139, 155, 15, 164

  Wilson, Pete, 129

  Sweet Honey in the Rock, 152, 156

  Woodson, Jacqueline, 96

  Wright, Richard, 56, 71, 76

  Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 36–37,

  49, 81, 107, 128, 133, 135

  Young, Al, 157

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  About the Author

  VALERIE KINLOCH is Assistant Professor of English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is the editor of Still Seeking An Attitude: Critical Reflections on the Work of June Jordan and several journal articles.

 

 

 


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