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  2. Alice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875 – September 18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation of African Americans born free in the Southern United States after the end of the American Civil War , she was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem ...

  3. Sep 14, 2024 · Alice Dunbar Nelson was a novelist, poet, essayist, and critic associated with the early period of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and ’30s. The daughter of a Creole seaman and a black seamstress, Moore grew up in New Orleans, where she completed a two-year teacher-training program at Straight.

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  4. Poet, essayist, diarist, and activist Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to mixed-race parents. Her African American, Anglo, Native American, and Creole heritage contributed to her complex understandings of gender, race, and ethnicity, subjects she often addressed in her work.

  5. Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson was born on July 19, 1875, in New Orleans. Her mother was Patricia Wright, a seamstress, and her father, Joseph Moore, was a merchant marine. Nelson earned a teaching degree at Straight University (now, Dillard University) in 1892 at age seventeen.

  6. Profile of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, writer of short stories, activist, and Harlem Renaissance figure. Includes quotes and a few sample poems.

  7. May 19, 2007 · Learn about the life and achievements of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, a multitalented African American woman who wrote poetry, fiction, and journalism, and fought for civil rights and suffrage. Explore her marriages, careers, and legacy in this comprehensive biography.

  8. May 14, 2018 · Alice Dunbar-Nelson 18751935. Author, poet, journalist, teacher, civil rights activist. Motivated by Love and Race. Life with Dunbar. Brought Her “ Looking Glass ” to Readers. Carried Readers to ‘ Steenth Street. Mirrored Her Literary Themes in Activism. Selected writings.

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