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This 6 page paper discusses the works and themes of black women writers in the 1960's as depicted and discussed in June Jordan's book, Affirmative Acts. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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and perspectives. As such, the African American began to insist on his rights, in nearly every facet of society. Black women, in particular, were a segment of the black population
which had continued to receive short shrift, despite the gains made by the black community on the whole. As such, several black women writers rose to the challenge of telling
it like it is. Alice Walker, Anne Moody, and Zora Neale Hurston, served as pioneers during a time that was bent on achieving human rights, but not womens rights. June
Jordan in her work: Affirmative Acts, illustrates many of the same points that these writers represented. Jordans works have always been specifically geared toward political and social consciousness. Her work,
Affirmative Acts, addresses many of the social and political ills of the last several decades; decades that she experienced first hand. While she does not specifically mention all of the
black women writers who were her contemporaries, it is significant to note that in her work, her thoughts reflect the same conclusions and themes found in the works of Hurston,
Walker and Moody. Jordan, herself was a fan of Dr. Martin Luther Kings but was not committed to his nonviolent techniques. As such, much of her work echoes a resistance
to oppression. This is evident in the work of Anne Moody, who roughly lived and experienced many of the same situations as did Jordan. Anne Moody was an avid and
passionate activist for civil rights in the sixties. Her book, Coming of Age in Mississippi, can be read on two levels. First, it is a historical retelling of her early
childhood as a poor black girl growing up in the South. But, on a deeper level, it is about a nations coming to terms with a group of people whom
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