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June Jordan in conversation with Julius Lester, reading poems from her upcoming book Some Changes (1970) and discussing the pain and plight of Afro-Americans with emphasis on the word "negro." Los Angeles, Pacifica Radio, 1968, 30 min.
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June Jordan discusses her book His Own Where, Black English, and other topics. She also reads from her books New Days: Poems of Exile and Return and Things That I Do in the Dark. WHPR "Total Variations." Newark, New Jersey, 1970s. 40 min. 
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June Jordan's lecture "Walt Whitman and the Rest of Us" at Macalester College Poetry Festival, St. Paul, Minnesota. Jordan reads poems and discusses the influence of Walt Whitman on New World poets and critics' arguments against it. Questions follow. January 1980. 120 min. 
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In The Political Artist June Jordan talks about the role of the political artist, her opera Bang Bang Uber Alles, and reads poems "Grand Army Plaza," "Apologies to all the people of Lebanon," and others. WHA radio, Madison, Wisconsin. June 23, 1989. 50 min. 
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June Jordan gives the keynote address at the National Black Lesbian and Gay Conference. She reads poems and discusses how to combine politics and romance, the socio-economic state of African-Americans in the United States, hate crimes, and other topics.February 14, 1997. 20 min.
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For more audio with June Jordan please visit the Schlesinger Library, where June Jordan's archives are. 

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