December 6, 1878 - June 8, 1962
African-American writer, poet, literary critic, anthologist and publisher
Author of "The Book of Elizabeth Verse", The House of Falling Leaves" and "The Book of Modern British Verse"
Awarded the Spingarn Medal by the NAACP in 1918
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