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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
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