Life as activism : June Jordan's writings from the progressive / edited by Stacy Russo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Russo, Stacy, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Politics and government.

African Americans.

United States--Civilization--1970-.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

United States--Social conditions--1980-.

Jordan, June, 1936-2002.

Jordan, June.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sacramento, California : Litwin Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A complete collection of June Jordan's columns for The Progressive, published between 1989 and 2001"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Editor�s Acknowledgements""; ""Editor�s Note""; ""Finding the Way Home February 1989""; ""No Chocolates for Breakfast April 1989""; ""Waiting for a Taxi June 1989""; ""The Dance of Revolution August 1989""; ""Where Is the Rage? October 1989""; ""Unrecorded Agonies December 1989""; ""Wrong or White February 1990""; ""Mandela and the Kingdom Come April 1990""; ""Diversity or Death June 1990""; ""In the Presence of Giants August 1990""; ""A Chance at Grace October 1990""; ""Intifada, U.S.A. December 1990""

""Requiem for Sara February 1991""""The Big-Time Coward April 1991""; ""A New Politics of Sexuality July 1991""; ""Thomas Was Not the Point November 1991""; ""Can I Get a Witness? December 1991""; ""The Fire This Time January 1992""; ""Toward a Manifest New Destiny February 1992""; ""Valentine�s Day, 1992 March 1992""; ""Requiem for the Champ April 1992""; ""The Light of the Fire June 1992""; ""Willing and Able August 1992""; ""This Time I�ll Vote November 1992""; ""On the Night of November 3, 1992 January 1993""; ""Islam and the U.S.A. Today February 1993""

""I Am Seeking an Attitude May 1993""""The Truth of Rodney King June 1993""; ""Bosnia Betrayed September 1993""; ""Freedom Time November 1993""; ""A Good Fight December 1993""; ""Give Me Two Reasons March 1994""; ""A Powerful Hatred May 1994""; ""We Are All Refugees July 1994""; ""Innocent of What? September 1994""; ""Where I Live Now January 1995""; ""Where I Live Now, Part Two March 1995""; ""In the Land of White Supremacy June 1995""; ""Manifesto of the Rubber Gloves August 1995""; ""My Mess, and Ours October 1995""; ""The Street Where I live December 1995""

""Stories of a Visitor February 1996""""Justice at Risk April 1996""; ""Where Is the Sisterhood? June 1996""; ""Eyewitness in Lebanon August 1996""; ""Not a Good Girl October 1996""; ""For Clinton, With Disgust November 1996""; ""A Gathering Purpose January 1998""; ""The Stoning of Bill Clinton November 1998""; ""O, California! January 1999""; ""Breast Cancer: Still Here February 1999""; ""From the Kosovo Series: First Three Poems June 1999""; ""From the Kosovo Series: Next Three Poems July 1999""; ""Good News of Our Own August 1999""; ""The Hunters and the Hunted October 1999""

""A Letter to Maria October 2000""""New Year Poem February 2001""; ""The Invisible People: An Unsolicited Report on Black Rage March 2001""; ""Scenario Revision #1 September 2001""; ""Do You Do Well to Be Angry November 2001""; ""Bibliography""; ""Endnotes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-63400-012-9

OCLC:

889313838