She adopted a form of his surname and kept it throughout her life, though the marriage ended in divorce in 1952 (Spring). James Weldon Johnson’s boundless energy and concern for the plight of African Americans combined to produce an extrao… Charles S. In 1949, she married Tosh Angelos, an electrician in the US Navy. Winbushīlack nationalism is the ideology of creating a nation-state for Africans living in the Maafa (a Kiswahili term used to describe t… James Weldon Johnson, Johnson, James Weldon 1871–1938 Durante esta época también estableció lazos con Martin Luther King y al activista sudafricano Vusumzi Make, hacho que le permitió conocer de cerca el proceso de independencia de los estados africanos.
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Studied dance with Pearl Primus (1952), then Martha Graham and Ann Halprin joined the touring company of Porgy and Bess was northern coordinator for Martin Luther King's Southern Christian Leadership Council (1960–61) lived in Ghana, serving as a writer and editor for Ghanian Times and African Review, and as an assistant administrator for School of Music and Drama at University of Ghana in Legon-Accra (1963–66) returned to US (1966), wrote and developed several dramatic projects, including Black, Blues, Black, a 10-part tv series on African traditions in America (1968) published autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970), which was nominated for National Book Award published 1st volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie (1971), which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize became the 1st black woman to have an original screenplay produced ( Georgia, Georgia, 1972) made Broadway acting debut in Look Away, which brought her a Tony nomination (1973) had teaching posts and residency-fellowships at University of Kansas, Yale, and Wake Forest, among others used popularity to advocate on behalf of feminist and race issues, and was recognized by several US presidents with posts to committees and organizations offered the Reynolds Chair at Wake Forest University (1982), a lifetime post delivered the inaugural poem at Bill Clinton's inauguration (1993) works include 5 autobiographies, 5 collections of poetry, and a book of essays, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now.Īrticulated the Struggle of Black Women… Black Nationalism, Raymond A. Además, se casó con el músico Tosh Angelos, pero sería una unión corta. Paul Du Feu (builder and writer), 1973 (div. Vusumzi Make (South African freedom fighter), c. of Bailey and Vivian Baxter Johnson (div. Born Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928, in St.
African-American author, actress, and dancer. In 1951 she married A Greek electrician, ex-seaman and aspiring musician, Tosh Angelos, a marriage that ended three years later.
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