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Also Known As Rosa Cuthbert
Born September 1, 1922 • Trinidad and Tobago
Died June 3, 2012 (aged 89) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Bird at My Window” • “Children of Longing”
Movement / Style Harlem Writers Guild
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Alice Walker
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Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison
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Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
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Kristin Hunter Lattany
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Ntozake Shange
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Bebe Moore Campbell
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June Jordan.
June Jordan
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Alice Childress
Alice Childress
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Arna Bontemps, photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
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Paule Marshall
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