“We are the ones we have been waiting for.”
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Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan, 2005
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Poet, essayist, and activist whose work centered the voices of the marginalized and demanded justice on every page.
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This quote speaks to the pillar of Legacy — the understanding that what you build outlasts you. Every generation of Black leaders has planted trees whose shade they would never sit in.
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