January 7: 1890 / William B Purvis is awarded patent #419065 for a fountain pen. 1891 / Zora Neale Hurston, who will become a brilliant folklorist, novelist, and short story writer, is born in Eatonville FL. She will be one of the more influential writers of the Harlem Renaissance, known for her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God and her folklore collections, including Mules and Men. 1950 / The James Weldon Johnson Collection officially opens at Yale University. Established in 1941 through a gift by Grace Nail Johnson, widow of the famed author, diplomat, and NAACP official, the collection will eventually include the papers of Johnson, Langston Hughes, W E B Du Bois, Richard Wright, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, and many other writers of the Harlem Renaissance. 1955 / Marian Anderson appears as Ulrica in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Mascheru with the New York Metropolitan Opera. In her debut performance at the Met, Anderson becomes the first African-American ever to sing with the company. I, Too Sing America
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 19:33:28 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015