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Feb 21, 2020 · Alice Dunbar-Nelson was a middle-class biracial, queer woman who held many identities within herself at the turn of the twentieth century. She was a poet, author, activist, educator, and philanthropist who spent her career trying to improve the quality of Black Americans’ lives.
On September 18, 1935, Alice Dunbar-Nelson passed away from heart related problems in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After a life full of passion and progression, her relatives sought to preserve her legacy, and in 1984, her diary was published, detailing the many facets of Dunbar-Nelson’s life.
She lectured widely, wrote essays on pressing civil rights questions, and held roles in civil rights organizations and committees dedicated to causes including female suffrage and anti-lynching. Explore poems by Alice Dunbar Nelson in our poetry archive.
Educator. Activist. Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) was an author, activist, and educator who found joy in reading and writing from a young age. She launched her career as a poet, playwright, essayist, fiction writer, and journalist in New Orleans, where she was born and raised by her mother, a seamstress who had been enslaved.
The five critical essays presented here address Dunbar- Nelson’s lifetime of work as a journalist and nationally syndicated columnist (Emery), as a political organizer and plat-form lecturer (Garvey), and as a leader in black education (Christian).
Alice Dunbar-Nelson - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson was born on July 19, 1875, in New Orleans.