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Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Dorothy West (Day 28)

0 comments, 28/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, General, my people

Dorothy West Dorothy West was a novelist and short story writer who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. She is best known for her novel The Living Is Easy, about the life of an upper-class black family. Dorothy,s principal contribution to the Harlem Renaissance was to publish the maga... Read more...

Black History Presents – Daily knowledge: Margaret Walker (Day 10)

0 comments, 10/02/2012, by Mr. Blair in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, my people

Margaret Walker Margaret Abigail Walker Alexander was a poet and writer. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she wrote as Margaret Walker. Walker was a literature professor at what is today Jackson State University (1949 to 1979). In 1968, Walker founded the Institute for the Study of History, L... Read more...

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