Jordan, June, 1936-2002. Papers, (inclusive), (bulk) 1936-2002 1954-2002

ArchivalResource

Jordan, June, 1936-2002. Papers, (inclusive), (bulk) 1936-2002 1954-2002

The papers of June Jordan, poet, author, outspoken activist, champion of equal rights for African Americans and women, and professor.

49.63 linear feet (109 file boxes) plus 2 folio folders, 7 folio+ folders, 4 oversize folders, 2 supersize folders, 120 photograph folders, 1 folio photograph folder, 1 folio+ photograph folder, and electronic records

Related Entities

There are 29 Entities related to this resource.

MacDowell (Peterborough, N.H.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rg6ktj (corporateBody)

MacDowell is an artist's residency program in Peterborough, New Hampshire, United States, founded in 1907 by composer Edward MacDowell and his wife, pianist and philanthropist Marian MacDowell. Prior to July 2020, it was known as the MacDowell Colony (or simply "the Colony") but the Board of Directors voted to remove "Colony" from the name in an effort to remove "terminology with oppressive overtones". After Edward MacDowell died in 1908, Marian MacDowell established the artists' residency pr...

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6096wdb (person)

Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was among the most important conductors of the second half of the 20th Century and also the first American conductor to receive international acclaim. His best-known work is the Broadway musical West Side Story; other works include three symphonies, Chichester Psalms, Serenade after Plato's "Symposium", the original score for the film On the Waterfront, and theater works including On the Town, Wonderful Town, Candide, and his MASS. Bernstei...

Jackson Urban League)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mm9pjg (corporateBody)

Claudia Flanders

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rk90j3 (person)

Charles Rowell

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c399vm (person)

Roberta Pryor.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g58t9w (person)

Borough of Manhattan Community College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66q6ph6 (corporateBody)

Stephen Henderson.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d65316 (person)

Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, N.Y.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zk9q9h (corporateBody)

The original name of this organization was Law Center for Constitutional Rights. The Center is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization representing legal cases related to discrimination, repression, and social injustice, particularly First Amendment freedoms, women's rights, and civil liberties. From the description of Collection, 1970-[ongoing]. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 27057505 ...

Sophia Corleone

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bt2cw5 (person)

Adams, Gerry

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gw01gt (person)

Eleanor Hakim.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63g927z (person)

Halifu Osumare

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kn39b0 (person)

Meriweather, Louise

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kf5nt3 (person)

Ruth Miller

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m180q6 (person)

Pantheon Books.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k68dr1 (corporateBody)

June Jordan, 1936-2002

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jf8q1f (person)

Award-winning author, poet, and social and political activist, June Jordan was born on July 9, 1936, in Harlem, New York, to Granville Ivanhoe Jordan and Mildred Fisher Jordan, both immigrants from Jamaica. The family lived in Harlem for the first five years of Jordan's life. Then, hoping that their daughter would receive a better education, the family moved from Harlem to Bedford-Stuyvesant, a neighborhood of Brooklyn. Jordan attended public schools in Brooklyn, until 1950, when sh...

Granville Jordan

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rg9wxr (person)

Vertamae Grosvenor

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t57mdg (person)

Pryor, Roberta

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qd4dcw (person)

Trinity College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n71skn (corporateBody)

Amherst Writers and Artists.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g2971m (corporateBody)

Meyer, Christopher, 1948-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m18gvs (person)

Dartmouth College

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60p4nm5 (corporateBody)

The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....

Breast Cancer Action

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h54wvp (corporateBody)

Peter Bratt

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g87xjx (person)

Cornelius Eady

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rw4qhj (person)

Gerhard Meyer

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc601p (person)

Barnes and Noble

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68187h9 (corporateBody)