W. C. Handy
(1873-1958) Songwriter. W. C. Handy was born in Florence, Alabama.
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Alberta Hunter
(1895-1984) Poet. Alberta Hunter was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and died in Roosevelt, New York. She worked as a licensed practical nurse at a New York City area hospital from 1956 until 1977.
Nancy Hicks Maynard
(1946-2008) Journalist, writer. Nancy Hicks Maynard was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, in 1946. She was the first black woman to be a reporter at The New York Times and she and her husband bought and published The Oakland Tribune. She died in Los Angeles, California, in 2008.
Gilbert Highet
(1906-1978) Writer. Gilbert Highet was a Scottish-American classicist and writer. He taught at Columbia University from 1937 to 1971.
L Rust Hills
(1924-2008) Editor, writer. L. Rust Hills was born in and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He was fiction editor for Esquire magazine.
Johnny Hart
(1931-2007) Cartoonist. Johnny Hart was born in Endicott, New York in 1931.
Baynard Rush Hall
(1798-1863) Novelist. Baynard Rush Hall was a resident for a time in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
J C Hurewitz
(1914-2008) Writer. J. C. Hurewitz was a Columbia University professor. He died in Manhattan, New York.
Sarah Hannah
(1966-2007) Poet, educator, musician. Sarah Hannah attended Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, earning a master’s in creative writing and a doctorate in literature.
W C Heinz
(1915-2008) Writer, novelist. W. C. Heinz was born in Mount Vernon, New York, and died in Bennington, Vermont.