*BLACK HISTORY FACT* Regina M. Anderson an African American librarian and playwright was born on this date in 1901. Anderson received a Master of Library Science degree from Columbia University and worked as a librarian in the New York Public Library System. The Harlem apartment she shared with two other women became an important meeting place for African-American artists and intellectuals in the early 1920s. In 1924, Anderson helped organize a dinner at the Civic Club, attended by W.E.B. Du Bois, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes that helped launch the Harlem Renaissance. Later that year she helped Du Bois found the “Krigwa Players,” a company of African American actors performing plays by African American authors; it was based at the 135th Street Public Library, where Anderson worked. #JoeMadison #SiriusXM #UrbanView #Playwright #BlackHistory @SiriusXM Urban View
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