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Heavenly birthday wishes Georgia Douglas Johnson! Born September 10, Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson, better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson, was an African American poet and playwright. She was one of the earliest female African-American playwrights, and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance. She died in 1966. Some of her notable works:
Happy birthday Sonia Sanchez! Born September 9, Sonia Sanchez is an African American poet, activist, scholar—was the Laura Carnell Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Temple University. She is the recipient of both the Robert Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry and the Langston Hughes Poetry Award. One of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement, Sanchez is the author of sixteen books. Just a few of her notable works:
Heavenly birthday wishes Guy Johnson! Born September 8, 1945, Clyde Guy Johnson was an African American author, poet, and public servant best known as the only child of legendary literary figure Dr. Maya Angelou. After completing college in Ghana, Guy Johnson managed a bar on Spain’s Costa del Sol, ran a photo-safari service from London through Morocco and Algeria, and worked on oil rigs in Kuwait. Most recently he worked in the local government of Oakland, California, for more than twenty years. He authored three books: Standing at the Scratch Line, Echoes of a Distant Summer and Save the Stratford Canal! He died in 2022.
Happy birthday Mark Whitaker! Born September 7, Mark Whitaker is an African American author, journalist and media executive. He was editor of Newsweek from 1998 until 2006, the first African-American to lead a national news magazine. From 2004 to 2006, Whitaker served as president of the American Society of Magazine Editors. He authored five books, including his memoir: My Long Trip Home.
Heavenly birthday wishes Joel Augustus Rogers (J. A. Rogers)! Born September 6, 1880, Joel Augustus Rogers was a Jamaican-American author, journalist, and professional historian who focused on the history of Africa; as well as the African diaspora. After settling in the United States in 1906, he lived in Chicago and then New York City. He died in 1966. He authored the following books:
Happy birthday Imani Perry! Born September 5, Imani Perry is the Henry A. Morss, Jr. and Elisabeth W. Morss Professor of Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University and the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute. Perry is the African American author of 9 books, including the New York Times Bestseller South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation which received the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
Heavenly birthday wishes Richard Wright! Born September 4, 1908, Richard Wright was an African American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence. He died in 1960. He was well-known for his novels, Black Boy and Native Son. His other works include:
Happy birthday Glenn C. Loury! Born September 3, Glenn Cartman Loury is an American economist, academic, and author. He is the Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences at Brown University, where he has taught since 2005 also as a professor of economics. His notable works:
Heavenly birthday wishes Romare Bearden! Born September 2, 1911, Romare Bearden is an African American artist, author and songwriter. He worked with many types of media including cartoons, oils, and collages. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bearden grew up in New York City and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from New York University in 1935. He died in 1988.
Happy birthday Nelson George! Born September 1, Nelson George is an established African American author and filmmaker with a passion for telling stories of the black experience in America. George is the author of several ground breaking histories of African American music, including Where Did Our Love Go: the Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound, The Death of Rhythm & Blues, Hip Hop America and The Hippest Trip in America:Soul Train. He authored a few novels including Urban Romance.
