At a protest in Washington, D.C., circa 1986, Jordan spoke out against U.S. imperialism and war in Central America and the Caribbean. The lineup of speakers also included Black feminist Bernice Johnson Reagon of the musical collective Sweet Honey in the Rock.
March on Washington
November 12 [at] 10 a.m.
Stop the Attacks on Nicaragua
No U.S. War in Central America and the Caribbean
Speakers (Partial Listing):
Rev. Jesse Jackson/Operation Push
Rev. Joseph Lowery/Southern Christian Leadership Conference
June Jordan/Poet Activist
Dr. Charles Clements/Vietnam Veteran, DOCOT From El Salvador’s Liberated Zones.
Cultural Performances:
Bernice Reagon/Sweet Honey in the Rock
Holly Near [and] Ronnie Gilbert [and] Others.
Emergency Campaign
Help Replace What Reagan Destroys — Send Oil to Nicaragua!
Bring a can of motor oil to the Nov. 12 march
Local Contact
N.Y. Nov. 12 Coalition
339 Lafayette Street
New York, N.Y. 10012
(212) 505-8493
For bus info call: 505-8493/242-1040/280-1040/255-5996 or 989-1194
For Brooklyn call 638-0811
November 12 Coalition, P.O. Box 50131, Washington, D.C. 20004, 202-347-5516
Flyer, March on Washington, circa 1986, Carton 6:50, Barbara Christian papers, BANC MSS 2003/199 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
