Category Archives: Black Writers

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Richard Durham: Destination Freedom

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Richard Guzman

Today most people would recognize Richard Durham (1917-1984) as the author of The Greatest, the autobiography of Muhammad Ali.  He also worked to analyze the Black Press in Chicago for the Illinois Writer’s Project in the ‘30’s, wrote a column … Continue reading →

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James David Corrothers: The Closed Gate of Justice

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Richard Guzman

As a young man James David Corrothers (1869-1917) entered the ministry and stayed in it his whole life.  He also wrote poetry and in his day was, among Black poets, second in popularity only to Paul Laurence Dunbar.  Like Dunbar … Continue reading →

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Margaret Danner: Ethereal Strength

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Richard Guzman

Margaret Danner (1915-1984) began winning poetry awards in the eighth grade.  In 1945 she won second prize in the Poetry Workshop Award at Northwestern, and went on to win such awards as a John Hay Whitney Fellowship (1951), the Harriet … Continue reading →

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