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Life Story: Audre Lorde (1934–1992)

Poet, Academic, Activist

The story of a poet who used her pen to expose injustices and fight for equality.

A black and white, head-and-shoulders, circa 1970s portrait photograph of a Black woman, facing front, wearing a tignon headdress and a patterned top as well as a puka shell necklace. The text below the photograph indicates it is an image of Audre Lorde, author of The Black Unicorn.
Audre Lorde

“[Audre Lorde, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front],” between 1970 and 1978. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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Themes

ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE; AMERICAN CULTURE

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