Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1898, Feb 6 | Born, Moberly, Mo. |
| 1918 | Graduated, Lincoln High School, Kansas City, Mo. |
| 1919 | Enrolled in Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. |
| 1920-1923 | Student, Lincoln University, Oxford, Pa.; received A.B. with honors |
| 1922 | Married Ruth Southall |
| 1923-1947 | English instructor and debate coach, Wiley College, Marshall, Tex. |
| 1925 | Founder, Log Cabin Theater, Wiley College, Marshall, Tex. |
| 1938 | Rockefeller fellowship |
| 1940 | M.A., Columbia University, New York, N.Y.; thesis on the Harlem Renaissance |
| 1944 | Published Rendezvous With America. New York: Dodd, Mead |
| 1945 | Omega Psi Phi award for creative literature |
| 1947 | Appointed poet laureate, Republic of Liberia |
| 1947-1965 | Professor, creative literature, Langston University, Langston, Okla. |
| 1948 | Founder, Dust Bowl Theater, Langston, Okla. |
| 1951 | Bess Hokim Award, Poetrymagazine, for "E. & O.E." |
| 1953 | Published Libretto for the Republic of Liberia. New York: Twayne |
| 1954-1962 | Mayor, Langston, Okla. |
| 1954 | Fellow in poetry and modern drama, Bread Loaf Writer's Conference of Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. |
| 1965 | Published Harlem Gallery: Book 1, The Curator. New York: Twayne |
| 1965-1966 | Avalon Chair in Humanities, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. |
| 1966 | Annual Poetry Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters (National Institute of Arts and Letters) |
| 1966, Aug. 28 | Died, Dallas, Tex. |