But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom rides in 1966.

Quote by June Jordan

Topics: Friendship Quotes

The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do...

The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do...

It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me.

It means to educate myself incessantly about the world around me.

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable...

I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable...

In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see,...

In the process of telling the truth about what you feel or what you see,...

CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not.

CORE was committed to nonviolence, but I was not.

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we...

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we...

So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown,...

So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown,...

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and...

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and...

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself....

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself....

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a...

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a...

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself....

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself....

One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students...

One of the reasons I came to Berkeley was because I saw so many students...

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway...

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway...

The courts cannot garnish a father's salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property...

The courts cannot garnish a father's salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property...

My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.

My father was very intense, passionate and over-the-top. He was my hero and my tyrant.

My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight...

My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight...

The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the...

The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the...

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as...

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as...

Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's...

Consequently, most of us really exist at the mercy of other people's formulations of what's...