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Audre Lorde
“Your silence will not protect you.”
Audre Lorde was a writer, poet, and activist whose work explored identity, race, gender, and sexuality, challenging individuals to confront injustice and embrace difference.
Audre Lorde Reads "Power"
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Audre Lorde Reads "Blackstudies"
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A Voice of Identity and Power
Audre Lorde was a poet, feminist, and civil rights activist whose voice reshaped conversations around race, gender, sexuality, and identity. As a self-described “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” she challenged systems of oppression and empowered generations to speak their truth.
Her words did not simply reflect experience—they challenged it, reshaping how we understand identity, power, and difference.
Other Notable Moments
Harvey Milk speech in Los Angeles (1978)
Her work pushed beyond expression, influencing how movements think, speak, and define themselves.
To be young, lesbian and Black in the '50s
Audre Lorde’s last reading took place in September 1992, two months before her death in Berlin
Audre Lorde’s work connects movements through language, identity, and the ongoing challenge to confront injustice and embrace difference.
Connected Stories
This story is part of a broader movement shaped by many voices across time.
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