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We are the wrong people of the wrong skin in the wrong continent a

We are the wrong people of the wrong skin in the wrong continent and what in the hell is everybody being reasonable about? – June Jordan

Other quotes by June Jordan

There are two ways to worry words. One is hoping for the greatest possible beauty in what is created. The other is to tell the truth. – June Jordan

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Beauty
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June Jordan
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So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders. – June Jordan

Category:
Poetry
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June Jordan
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But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom rides in 1966. – June Jordan

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Friendship
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June Jordan
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Other Quotes from
Black History
category

When I found I had crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. – Harriet Tubman, on her first escape from slavery, 1845

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Black History

Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color. – Author Unknown

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Black History

I am an invisible man…. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids – and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. – Ralph Ellison

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Black History

The African-American experience is one of the most important threads in the American tapestry. – Bill Frist

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Black History

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