“Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires,” June Jordan, On Call: Political Essays, 1985 (pic courtesy Sarah Miles) 
“All my life I’ve been studying revolution. I’ve been looking for it, pushing at the possibilities and waiting for that moment, when there’s no room for rhetoric, for research or reason: when there’s only my life or death to act upon,” June Jordan.
“Here in the United States you do get weary, after a while; you could spend your best energies forever writing letters to the New York Times. But you know, in your gut, that writing back is not the same as fighting back,” June Jordan.
