June Jordan

Details

Instance of

human

Born

9 July 1936

Died

14 June 2002

Place of birth

Harlem

Place of death

Berkeley

Sex or gender

female

Given name

June

Family name

Jordan

Spouse

Michel Meyer

Field of work

essay, Bisexual activism

Occupation

poet, essayist, novelist, writer, LGBTQ rights activist, playwright, librettist

Citizenship

United States

Awards

Lambda Literary Award

archives at

Schlesinger Library

cause of death

breast cancer

described by source

Women playwrights of diversity, Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers, Notable Black American Women, American Women Writers, Forgotten Women: The Writers

educated at

Barnard College, Midwood High School, Northfield Mount Hermon School

employer

University of California, Berkeley, Yale University, Stony Brook University, City College of New York, Sarah Lawrence College

ethnic group

African Americans

languages spoken, written or signed

English

manner of death

natural causes

notable work

I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky

sexual orientation

bisexuality

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