published twelve books, including Funerals and Festivals, Mouth on Paper and Firespitter; she also recorded nine records of her poetry set to music.Cortez was active in the Civil Rights Movement and was the founder of the Watts Repertory Theatre, Bola Press and a co-founder of the Organization of Women Writers of Africa.
from Ebony: Jayne Cortez: Woman. Warrior. Wonderful
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