June Jordan
June Millicent Jordan (July 9, 1936 – June 14, 2002) was a bisexual Caribbean-American writer and activist.
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“The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment: these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se.”
—June Jordan (b. 1939)
“I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds and bowers,
Of April, May, of June and July-flowers;
I sing of May-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes,
Of bridegrooms, brides and of their bridal cakes;
I write of youth, of love, and have access
By these to sing of cleanly wantonness;”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
“Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires ...”
—June Jordan (b. 1936)