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Field name | Value |
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Title | Interview with June Jordan |
Library | Henry Hampton Collection, Film & Media Archive, Washington University Libraries |
Collection Name | Henry Hampton Collection |
Collection Overview | These oral history interviews are part of the 'I'll Make Me A World: African-American Artists in the 20th Century' collection, a celebration of some extraordinary achievements by African-American writers, dancers, painters, actors, musicians, and other influential artists of the 20th Century. |
Date | 15 May 1998 |
Description | June Jordan (1936-2002) was a Caribbean-American poet and activist. In this interview, Jordan discusses her association with the Black Arts Movement, and her impressions of Zora Neale Hurston and Paul Robeson. Jordan draws reference to 'black English'. |
Document Type | Oral History (Video) |
Theme(s) | Arts and Culture |
Keywords | arts, womanhood, racial tensions, urban planning, politics, gender, music, church, youth |
Places | New York, New York; Newark, New Jersey; Jackson, Mississippi |
People | Baraka, Amiri; Fuller, Hoyt W; Randall, Dudley; Hurston, Zora Neale; Walker, Alice; Wright, Richard; Robeson, Paul; Baldwin, James; Hansberry, Lorraine; Morrison, Toni; Shange, Ntozake; Smith, Bessie |
Organisations/Associations | Black Arts Movement (BAM) |
Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of Washington University in St. Louis. |
Name | Jordan, June |
Interviewer | Pollard, Sam |
Date of Recording | 15 May 1998 |
Duration | 01:12:33 |
Copyright | Copyright is owned by Washington University |