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

AKINS, ELMER	ALAMAN Y ESCALADA, LUCAS
ALARCON, MARTIN DE	ALAVEZ, FRANCITA
ALBRIGHT, ALEX	ALDERSON, EUGENE WEBSTER
ALDREDGE, GEORGE N.	ALDRETE, CRISTOBAL
ALDRETE, JOSE MIGUEL	ALDRICH, ARMISTEAD ALBERT
ALDRICH, COLLIN	ALDRICH, ROY WILKINSON
ALESSANDRO, VICTOR NICHOLAS, JR.	ALEXANDER, ALGER [TEXAS]
ALEXANDER, ALMERINE M.	ALEXANDER, BIRDIE
ALEXANDER, ISAAC	ALEXANDER, JAMES MINOR
ALEXANDER, JAMES PATTERSON	ALEXANDER, JEROME B.
ALEXANDER, ROBERT	ALEXANDER, W. J. D.
ALEXANDER, WILLIAM [1814–1872]	ALEXANDER, WILLIAM [1819–1882]
ALFORD, GEORGE G.	ALFORD, NEEDHAM JUDGE
ALLAN, JOHN T.	ALLCORN, ELIJAH
ALLEE, ALFRED YOUNG [1905-1987]	ALLEN, AUGUSTUS CALHOUN
ALLEN, AUGUSTUS CHAPMAN	ALLEN, CHARLOTTE M. BALDWIN
ALLEN, EBENEZER	ALLEN, FRANCES DAISY EMERY
ALLEN, GEORGE LOUIS	ALLEN, GEORGE R.
ALLEN, GLENN HINCKLEY	ALLEN, HENRY R.
ALLEN, HENRY TUREMAN	ALLEN, JAMES C.
ALLEN, JAMES C. [1810-?]	ALLEN, JAMES L.
ALLEN, JOHN KIRBY	ALLEN, JOHN M.
ALLEN, JOSEPH HUGH	ALLEN, MARTIN
ALLEN, MILES N.	ALLEN, MOSES
ALLEN, RICHARD	ALLEN, ROBERT

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