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

UMSTATTD, FRANCIS MARION COCKRELL JAMES GREENLEAF	UNDERWOOD, AMMON
UPSHAW, EUGENE THURMAN, JR. [GENE]	UPSON, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
UPTON, JOHN CUNNINGHAM	UPTON, WILLIAM FELTON
URBANOVSKY, ELO JOHN	URBANTKE, CARL A.
URREA, JOSE DE	URREA, TERESA
URRUTIA Y DE LAS CASAS, JOSEPH RAMON DE	URRUTIA, JOSE DE
URRUTIA, TORIBIO DE	USHER, PATRICK
VALDES VILLALVA, MARIA GUILLERMINA	VALDES, PEDRO ADVINCULA [COL. WINKER]
VALDEZ, JOSE ANTONIO	VALDEZ, JUAN
VALENT, ANTONIO	VALENTINE, FRANCES [MOTHER ST. CLAIRE]
VALERY, JOSEPH, JR. [LITTLE JOE BLUE]	VAN DEMARK, HARRY VAN DUSEN
VAN DER STUCKEN, FRANK VALENTINE	VAN DORN, EARL
VAN DORN, ISAAC	VAN DYKE, WILSON
VAN HORN, JAMES JUDSON	VAN HORNE, JEFFERSON
VAN NESS, CORNELIUS	VAN NESS, GEORGE F. X.
VAN ZANDT, EDMUND PENDLETON, JR.	VAN ZANDT, ISAAC
VAN ZANDT, JOHN TOWNES	VAN ZANDT, KHLEBER MILLER
VAN ZANDT, RICHARD LIPSCOMB	VANCE, JAMES GEORGE WASHINGTON
VANCE, JAMES MILTON	VANCE, JOHN
VANCE, NINA ELOISE WHITTINGTON	VANCE, WILLIAM
VANDALE, EARL	VANDERVOORT, ROBERT B.
VANDEVEER, LOGAN	VANDIVER, FRANK EVERSON
VANDIVER, HARRY SHULTZ	VARELA, MARIANO
VARISCO, BIAGIO	VARNER, MARTIN
VASQUEZ, JOSE ANTONIO	VASQUEZ, RAFAEL

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