F. Grant Gilmore was a playwright, author, and producer in the United States.
He corresponded with Crisis magazine in 1929 about publishing one of his stories.[1] W. E. B. Du Bois wrote back that the publication could not "handle" the story.[2] He worked at the Rochester Sentinel, was a barber, and was involved in an African American social club in Rochester, New York.[3] He and his work are discussed in Jennifer James' 2007 study of African American war literature A Freedom Bought with Blood.[4]
The Library of Congress has images from his novel The Problem about an African American Sergeant serving in the Spanish–American War including a photo of Gilmore in the book.[5]
- ^ "Letter from F. Grant Gilmore to Crisis, ca. March 22, 1929". credo.library.umass.edu.
- ^ "Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to F. Grant Gilmore, March 26, 1929". credo.library.umass.edu.
- ^ "F. Grant Gilmore:author, newspaperman of 1900s". Democrat and Chronicle. 28 Feb 2006. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ James, Jennifer C. (January 10, 2007). A Freedom Bought with Blood: African American War Literature from the Civil War to World War II. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807831168 – via Google Books.
- ^ ""The problem," military novel". LoC.gov.
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