June Jordan: Affirmative Acts. A Celebration of the Writing, Teaching, and Activism of June Jordan (1936-2002) recorded in Berkeley, California. A celebration in honor of the publication of Jordan’s twenty-fifth book and her career. Speakers on this recording (Part 2 of 2) include: Angela Davis (who also reads tributes by Toni Morrison and Alice Walker), Adrienne Torf who performs and talks about their collaborations, Barbara Brenner, Pratibha Parmar speaks and shows a clip of her film, Xochi Candelaria reads her poetry, Poetry for the People participants, and Jordan herself (cuts off). Sponsored by KPFA and La Pena Cultural Center.
June Jordan: Affirmative acts / A celebration of the writing, teaching, and activism of June Jordan (Part 2 of 2)
PRA Archive #:
AZ1401b
Date Recorded On:
1999-02-20
Date Broadcast On:
Item Duration:
01:03:08
Total Duration (All Reels):
Station: KPFA
Program: June Jordan: Affirmative acts / A celebration of the writing, teaching, and activism of June Jordan (Part 2 of 2)
Contributors:
Speaker: June Jordan
Speaker: Angela Davis
Performer: Adrienne Torf
Speaker: Barbara Brenner
Speaker: Pratibha Parmar
Speaker: Xochi Candelaria
Host: Junichi Semitsu
Distributor: Distributor
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