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Halvard Johnson

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Halvard Johnson was born in Newburgh, New York, and grew up in New York City and the Hudson Valley. Educated at Gorton High School in Yonkers, New York, and at Ohio Wesleyan University and the University of Chicago, he has received grants in poetry and fiction from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Maryland … Continued

Fenton Johnson

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(1888-1958) Poet, writer. Born and educated in Chicago, he taught in the South and began writing poetry before moving to New York City to write and study journalism at Columbia University. He wrote for the Eastern Press Association and for the New York News. He self-published books of poetry: “Visions of the Dusk” (1915) and … Continued

James Weldon Johnson

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(1871-1938) Poet, novelist, composer, songwriter, editor of New York Age. James Weldon Johnson wrote “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man” (1912). He was the first African-American to be elected head of the NAACP. He played a large role as poet, critic, and editor during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. In addition to this work, … Continued

Elizabeth Janeway

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(1913-2005) Writer, novelist, critic. Elizabeth Janeway was born in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Barnard College in Manhattan, New York. She was the mother of the editor and author, Michael Charles Janeway.

June Jordan

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(1936-2002) Poet. June Jordan was born in Harlem, New York, and lived as a child in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, and attended Barnard College in Manhattan, New York.