"The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think." June Jordan - June Jordan

"The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think." June Jordan

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About June Jordan

June Millicent Jordan (9 July 1936 – 14 June 2002) was an African-American bisexual political activist, writer, poet, essayist, and teacher, born in Harlem, New York, to Jamaican immigrants.

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Alternative Names: June Millicent Jordan
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