1882 - 1958
Bessie Woodson Yancey Poet
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| Birthday |
30th April, 1882
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| Birthplace |
Buckingham County, Virginia
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| Died |
11th January, 1958
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| Place of Death |
West Virginia
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| Occupation Text |
Poet, activist
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| Occupation |
Poet
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Bessie Woodson Yancey (May 1882 – 11 January 1958) was an African-American poet, teacher, and activist, whose only published poetry collection, 1939's Echoes from the Hills, was, according to Katharine Capshaw Smith, "perhaps the earliest example of Affrilachian children's literature.".
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