Some of Us Did Not Die · New and Selected Essays (New and and Selected Essays) by Jordan, June -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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1: INTRODUCTION: SOME OF US DID NOT DIE 2: THE INVISIBLE PEOPLE: AN UNSOLICITED REPORT ON BLACK RAGE 3: A FAR STRETCH WELL WORTH THE EFFORT 4: HUNTING FOR JEWS? 5: A LETTER TO MARIA 6: DO YOU DO WELL TO BE ANGRY? (The Book of Jonah, 4: 4) 7: UPDATE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. , AND THE BEST OF MY HEART 8: LETTER TO MY FRIEND

PART TWO: FROM AFFIRMATIVE ACTS

9: BREAK THE LAW! 10: A COUPLE OF WORDS ON BEHALF OF SEX ( ITSELF) 11: BESTING A WORST CASE SCENARIO 12: NOTES TOWARD A MODEL OF RESISTANCE 13: O. J. SIMPSON: INNOCENT OF WHAT? 14: RUTH AND NAOMI, DAVID AND JONATHAN: ONE LOVE 15: ISLAM AND THE USA TODAY 16: I AM SEEKING AN ATTITUDE 17: THE LIGHT OF THE FIRE

PART THREE: FROM TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

18: WAKING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME AMERICAN DREAMS 19: REQUIEM FOR THE CHAMP 20: CAN I GET A WITNESS? 21: A NEW POLITICS OF SEXUALITY 22: FOR MY AMERICAN FAMILY A BELATED TRIBUTE TO A LEGACY OF GIFTED INTELLIGENCE AND GUTS 23: THE MOUNTAIN AND THE MAN WHO WAS NOT GOD

PART FOUR: FROM ON CALL

GUIDELINES FOR BLACK ENGLISH NOTES

25: THE DIFFICULT MIRACLE OF BLACK POETRY IN AMERICA OR SOMETHING LIKE A SONNET FOR PHILLIS WHEATLEY 26: LIFE AFTER LEBANON

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27: WHITE TUESDAY: NOVEMBER, 1984 28: NICARAGUA: WHY I HAD TO GO THERE 29: REPORT FROM THE BAHAMAS 30: PROBLEMS OF LANGUAGE IN A DEMOCRATIC STATE 31: MANY RIVERS TO CROSS 32: FOR THE SAKE OF PEOPLE’ S POETRY: WALT WHITMAN AND THE REST OF US

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PART FIVE: FROM CIVIL WARS

33: CIVIL WARS 34: WHERE IS THE LOVE? 35: OLD STORIES: NEW LIVES 36: NOTES TOWARD A BLACK BALANCING OF LOVE AND HATRED 37: AMERICAN VIOLENCE AND THE HOLY LOVING SPIRIT 38: LETTER TO R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER 39: LETTER TO MICHAEL 40: FOREWORD TO CIVIL WARS

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