Era Bell Thompson | |
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.jpg) Portrait of Era Bell Thompson from the collection of Black Women Oral History Project. | |
| Born | Era Bell Thompson August 10, 1905 |
| Died | December 30, 1986 (aged 81)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Morningside College |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, editor |
| Awards | Roughrider Award |
Era Bell Thompson (August 10, 1905 – December 30, 1986) was an American writer and editor.
Thompson was born in Des Moines, Iowa,[2] to an African American family, the only daughter of Steward "Tony" Thompson and Mary Logan Thompson, the children of formerly enslaved people. She graduated from the University of North Dakota (UND), pursued a career as an author, and was a long-time editor and journalist for Ebony magazine in Chicago.
Thompson was a recipient of the governor of North Dakota's Roughrider Award, and a multicultural center at UND is named for her.
- ^ "Era Bell Thompson, 80, Dies; Novelist and Editor at Ebony". The New York Times. 3 January 1987. p. 8. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ Cromwell, Adelaide M.; Adélaïde Cromwell Hill; Martin Kilson (1969). Apropos of Africa: sentiments of Negro American leaders on Africa from the 1800s to the 1950s. Routledge. p. 272. ISBN 0-7146-1757-1. Includes brief bio and a selection from Africa.