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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.