James D. Corrothers

James David Corrothers
James D. Corrothers circa 1910
James D. Corrothers circa 1910
Born(1869-07-02)July 2, 1869
Cass County, Michigan, US
DiedFebruary 12, 1917(1917-02-12) (aged 47)
West Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Occupation
  • Poet
  • journalist
  • minister
LanguageEnglish
EducationNorthwestern University

James David Corrothers (July 2, 1869 – February 12, 1917)[1] was an African-American poet, journalist, and minister whom editor Timothy Thomas Fortune called "the coming poet of the race." When Corrothers died, W. E. B. Du Bois eulogized him as "a serious loss to the race and to literature."[2][3]

  1. ^ Fischer, William C. (1999). "Corrothers, James David (1869–1917), journalist, poet, and clergyman". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1600358. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  2. ^ Gaines, Kevin. "Assimilationist minstrelsy as racial uplift ideology: James D. Corrothers's literary quest for black leadership." American Quarterly (1993): 341
  3. ^ "The Looking Glass," The Crisis, April 1917 p. 287