The Poetry of Dodson (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Owen Dodson
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: African Americans, Discrimination, Segregation or integration, Racism, Race, Slavery or slaves, Prejudices or antipathies, Death or dying
One of nine children, Owen Dodson was born on November 28, 1914, in Brooklyn, New York, to Nathaniel Barnett Dodson, a free-lance journalist, and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Goode Dodson. Owen grew up proud of his identity and of his lineage. He early knew of the social contributions of such black luminaries as Booker T. Washington, James Weldon Johnson, and W. E. B. Du Bois.
Fate conspired to turn the young Owen Dodson into the writer he became. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School; the school’s principal, Elias Lieberman, was a poet. Lieberman encouraged the boy to enter...
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