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

BAYS, JOSEPH L.	BEACH, HARRISON LEROY
BEAL, JOHN T.	BEALES, JOHN CHARLES
BEALL, BENJAMIN LLOYD	BEALL, JAMES ANDREW [JACK]
BEALL, THOMAS J.	BEALS, DAVID THOMAS
BEAN, JOHN THOMAS	BEAN, PETER ELLIS
BEAN, ROBERT	BEAN, ROY
BEAN, WOODROW WILSON, SR.	BEARD, ANDREW JACKSON
BEARD, CHARLES EDMUND	BEARD, DEAN
BEARD, JAMES	BEATTY, CHARLES ROAMBROSE
BEATY, JOHN OWEN	BEAUCHAMP, JENNY BLAND
BEAUCHAMP, JOSHUA RUNEY	BEAUCHAMP, THOMAS D.
BEAUJEU, TANEGUY LE GALLOIS DE	BEAUMIER, WALTER RAYMOND
BEAUMONT, EDWARD	BEAUMONT, EUGENE BEAUHARNAIS
BEAUMONT, JEFFERSON	BEAZLEY, WILLIAM HERBERT
BECK, ARTHELLO, JR.	BECK, CARL
BECK, FANNIE DAVIS VEALE	BECK, THOMAS
BECKHAM, GARLAND WAYNE	BECKHAM, ROBERT H.
BECKMANN, ALBERT FELIX	BECKMANN, JOHN CONRAD
BECKNELL, WILLIAM	BECKWORTH, LINDLEY GARRISON, SR.
BECTON, EDWIN PINCKNEY	BECTON, JOHN MAY
BEDDOE, EARL PERCY	BEDICHEK, ROY
BEE, BARNARD ELLIOTT, JR.	BEE, BARNARD ELLIOTT, SR.
BEE, CARLOS	BEE, HAMILTON PRIOLEAU
BEEDE, JOSHUA WILLIAM	BEEMAN, JAMES J.
BEERS, IOLA BARNS	BEESON, BENJAMIN

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