May 25, 1966

American Academy of Arts and Letters honors black Texas poet

On this day in 1966, Melvin B. Tolson received the annual poetry award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Tolson, born in Missouri in 1898, was only fourteen when his first poem was printed (more...)

Biographies

ABAMILLO, JUAN	ABBOTT, CHARLES L.
ABBOTT, JOSEPH	ABERCROMBIE, JAMES SMITHER
ABERCROMBIE, LEONARD ANDERSON	ABERNATHY, MOLLIE D. WYLIE
ABERT, JAMES WILLIAM	ABLE, MARY NEES
ABNER, DAVID, JR.	ABNER, DAVID, SR.
ABNEY, JAMES ADDISON	ABRAHAM, NAHIM
ABRAMS, LUCIEN	ABRAMS, WILLIAM H.
ACHESON, ALEXANDER W.	ACHESON, SAM HANNA
ACHESON, SARAH C.	ACOSTA, MANUEL GREGORIO
ACREE, ROBERT FRED	ADAIR, ANTHONY GARLAND
ADAIR, CHRISTIA V. DANIELS	ADAIR, CORNELIA WADSWORTH
ADAIR, JOHN GEORGE	ADAIR, PAUL NEAL [RED]
ADAMS, ANDY	ADAMS, CARLETON W.
ADAMS, JED COBB	ADAMS, NATHAN
ADAMS, RAMON FREDERICK	ADAMS, REBECCA ANN PATILLO BASS
ADAMS, ROBERT	ADAMS, SAMUEL J.
ADAMS, WALTER R.	ADAMS, WAYMAN
ADAMS, WILLIAM	ADAMS, WILLIAM WIRT
ADDISON, OSCAR MURRAY, SR.	ADKINS, WALTER SCOTT
ADOUE, JEAN BAPTISTE, JR.	ADOUE, JEAN BAPTISTE, SR.
ADRIANCE, JOHN	AFFLECK, ISAAC DUNBAR
AFFLECK, MARY HUNT	AFFLECK, THOMAS
AGREDA, MARIA DE JESUS DE	AGUAYO, MARQUES DE SAN MIGUEL DE
AGUIRRE, PEDRO DE	AIKEN, HERMAN
AIKIN, A. M., JR.	AILEY, ALVIN

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