Alice Dunbar Nelson | |
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 Nelson in c. 1902 | |
| Born | Alice Ruth Moore July 19, 1875 |
| Died | September 18, 1935 (aged 60) |
| Alma mater | Straight University Cornell University |
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| Spouse(s) | Paul Laurence Dunbar (1898–1906) Henry A. Callis (1910–1916) Robert J. Nelson (1916–1935) |
Alice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875 – September 18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation of African Americans born free in the Southern United States after the end of the American Civil War, she was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance. Her first husband was the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. After his death, she married physician Henry A. Callis; and, lastly, was married to Robert J. Nelson, a poet and civil rights activist. She achieved prominence as a poet, author of short stories and dramas, newspaper columnist, women's rights activist, and editor of two anthologies.