(1819-1897) Editor, newspaperman. He and his associates bought the New York Sun in 1868 and made the paper famous for its literary quality and editorials. At the age of 24 he joined the staff of the New York Tribune and later became its managing editor. He resigned in 1862 because he disagreed with HORACE GREELEY … Continued
(1930-1993) Poet. Richard Davidson lived in Manhattan, New York.
(1914-1953) Poet. Julia De Burgos was born in Puerto Rico. She was a militant member of the Nationalist Party. She published two collections of poems: “Poema En Veinte Zurcos” and “Cancion De La Verdad Sencilla.” She lived in New York City for a short time in 1940 and then went to Cuba. She moved to … Continued
(1897-1980) Writer, social activist, editor. “The Catholic Worker,” lived on Staten Island and was buried in Resurrection Cemetery.
(1891-1995) Writer. Along with her sister, Sarah “Sadie” Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany lived in the Bronx, New York, and published an autobiography entitled “Having Our Say” (1993), which narrates their lives as African-American sisters and spans a one hundred year period. The two of them then published “The Delany Sisters’ Book of Everyday Wisdom” in … Continued
(1895-1982) Poet, editor. Babette Deutsch was born and died in Manhattan, New York.
(1868-1915) Cuban diplomat. Born in Havana. After graduating at the College of the City of New York in 1888, he studied at Columbia. He was associated with JOSÉ JULIAN MARTI in the endeavor to effect Cuban independence, and in 1900 became special commissioner of Cuba to the United States; during 1901 he was a member … Continued
(1875-1935) Poet, short story writer, journalist. Born and educated in New Orleans. She married PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR secretly in New York City in 1898. She wrote a thesis on Milton and Wordsworth at Cornell University. She moved to Delaware and taught at Howard University. In 1920, Dunbar-Nelson edited and published “The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer,” … Continued
(1831-1910) Writer, novelist. Rebecca Harding Davis died at the home of her son, Richard, in Mount Kisco, New York.
(1864-1916) Journalist, writer. “With Both Armies in South Africa”