Jordan, June, 1936-2002 (Nombre personal)

Her Who look at me, 1969.

New York times, June 18, 2002: obituaries (June Jordan; poet and political activist; d. June 14, 2002 in Berkeley, Calif. at age 65)

Information from 678 converted Jan. 5, 2015 (poet)

African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Jordan, June; poet, essayist, educator, political activist, civil rights activist; born 09 July 1936 in Harlem, New York, New York, United States; began writing poetry at age seven, enrolled in Barnard College, spent a year at the University of Chicago and another semester back at Barnard, never received a college degree; studied urban design and architecture with Buckminster Fuller in the early 1960s; took part in the civil rights, women's rights, and antiwar movements of the 1960s and early 1970s; published short stories and poems under the name of June Meyer; began her professorial career in 1967 as an English instructor at City College and poet-in-residence at the Teachers and Writers Collaborative, both in New York City; taught English and literature at Connecticut College, Sarah Lawrence College, Yale University, and SUNY Stony Brook, where she was awarded tenure in 1982; in 1989 took a position at the University of California at Berkeley, teaching English, African American studies, and women's studies; one of the nation's most published African American authors, her catalogue of work includes ten books of poetry, eight volumes of essays, children's books, four plays, two librettos, a spoken-word album, several edited anthologies, and a memoir; died 14 June 2002 in Berkeley, California, United States)