Georgia Douglas Johnson: Poetry
(1880–1966) A member of the Harlem Renaissance, Georgia Douglas Johnson wrote plays, a syndicated newspaper column, and four collections...
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11 min
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Poetry & Fiction
(1825-1911) As a poet, author, and lecturer, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a household name in the nineteenth century. Not only was...
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3 min
Anne Spencer: Poetry
(1882–1975) Harlem Renaissance poet and activist Anne Bethel Scales Bannister Spencer was born on a Virginia farm in 1882. The daughter...
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5 min
Alice Moore-Dunbar Nelson: Fiction & Poetry
(1875–1935) Poet, essayist, diarist, and activist Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to mixed-race parents....
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