James David Corrothers | |
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![]() James D. Corrothers circa 1910 | |
Born | Cass County, Michigan, US | July 2, 1869
Died | February 12, 1917 West Chester, Pennsylvania, US | (aged 47)
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Language | English |
Education | Northwestern 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]