Some of us did not die new and selected essays of June Jordan Jordan, June 1936-2002 creator Alexander Street (Firm) text biography Electronic books. nyu New York Basic/Civitas Books ©2002 2002 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (viii, 312 pages) Part I. New and most recent essays -- Introduction : Some of us did not die -- The invisible people : an unsolicited report on black rage -- A far stretch well worth the effort -- Hunting for Jews? -- A letter to Maria -- Do you do well to be angry? -- Update on Martin Luther King, Jr., and the best of my heart -- Letter to my friend -- Part II. From Affirmative acts -- Break the law! -- A couple of words on behalf of sex (itself) -- Besting a worse case scenario -- Notes toward a model of resistance -- O.J. Simpson : innocent of what? -- Ruth and Naomi, David and Jonathan : one love -- Islam and the USA today -- I am seeking an attitude -- The light of the fire -- Part III. From Technical difficulties -- Waking up in the middle of some American dreams -- Requiem for the champ -- Can I get a witness? -- A new politics of sexuality -- For my American family : a belated tribute to a legacy of gifted intelligence and guts -- The mountain and the man who was not God : an essay on the life and ideas of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Part IV. From On call -- Nobody mean more to me than you and the future life of Willie Jordan -- The difficult miracle of black poetry in America or something like a sonnet for Phillis Wheatley -- Life after Lebanon -- White Tuesday : November 1984 -- Nicaragua : Why I had to go there -- Report from the Bahamas -- Problems of language in a democratic state -- Many rivers to cross -- For the sake of people's poetry : Walt Whitman and the rest of us -- Part V. From Civil wars -- Civil wars -- Where is the love? -- Old stories : new lives -- Notes toward a black balancing of love and hatred -- American violence and the Holy Loving Spirit -- Letter to R. Buckminster Fuller -- Letter to Michael -- Foreword to Civil wars. Includes index. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL n-us--- Jordan, June 1936-2002 Jordan, June 1936-2002 Women United States Social conditions African Americans Social conditions 1975- Racism United States Sexism United States Racism Study and teaching United States Feminism Study and teaching United States United States Politics and government 1989- United States Social conditions 1980-2020 United States Race relations Femmes États-Unis Conditions sociales Noirs américains Conditions sociales 1975- Racisme États-Unis Sexisme États-Unis Racisme Étude et enseignement États-Unis Féminisme Étude et enseignement États-Unis États-Unis Politique et gouvernement 1989- États-Unis Relations raciales African Americans Social conditions Feminism Study and teaching Politics and government Race relations Racism Racism Study and teaching Sexism Social conditions Women Social conditions United States Since 1975 fast E839.4 .J67 2002 305.8/00973 HIS3021 HIS3021 Some of us did not die Jordan, June, 1936-2002. New York : Basic/Civitas Books, ©2002 (DLC) 2002006079 Black thought and culture 0465036929 9780465036929 9780786751167 0786751169 0465036937 9780465036936 2002006079 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?BLTC;S17208 UAB 020423 20250331201142.8 in00005635295 eng