Wendell Oliver Pruitt was an African American pilot and Tuskegee Airman during World War II. He was born on May 14, 1921, in St. Louis, Missouri. Pruitt grew up in St. Louis and developed an early int...

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Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes was a Haitian-American writer, historian, and civil rights advocate. He is best known for his efforts to preserve and promote the history and culture of Haiti and the contribu...

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Countee Cullen, poet, novelist, children’s writer, and playwright, was born on this date May 30, 1903.

Cullen was a major contributor to the “Harlem Renaissance.” His life story is essentially a tale of the youthful exuberance and talent of a star that flashed across the African American firmament and then sank toward the horizon.

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Countee Cullen was recognized as an award-winning poet during his high school years. He published his acclaimed debut volume of poetry, Color, in 1925, which would be followed by Copper Sun and The Ba...

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