One of the Harlem Renaissance’s most important poet’s meteoric rise to fame was followed by a long an series of disappointments. A fast starter and an early finisher: Like many another Wunderkind, ...

At the height of the Harlem Renaissance, the 1928 marriage of activist/publisher W.E.B. Du Bois' daughter, Yolande Du Bois, to prominent poet Countee Cullen was more than a celebrity wedding. It was a ...

Her name is Pe’Tehn Raighn-Kem and in case you missed it, she’s a three-year-old who recited Countee Cullen’s “Hey Black Child” so adorably amazing, we can’t help but share! It only took Pe’Tehn a ...

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(The Root) — We may never know for sure when and where Countée Cullen was born. He listed his birth date as May 30, 1903, and his birthplace variously as Louisville, Ky., and New York City. It was ...

Has it been a year already!? Just twelve months ago we celebrated Gay History Month – and, like clockwork, it’s that time again! For our first installment of this month-long look back, let’s shine ...

COUNTEE CULLEN has been treated by reviewers of the last twenty years in ways he certainly could not control and probably did not invite. In their eagerness to find a poet who could express the ...