Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson

Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson (1875–1935) was an influential African American poet, essayist, and activist associated with the Harlem Renaissance. She published works such as "Violets and Other Tales" (1895), a collection of poetry and short stories that reflected her experiences as a woman of mixed race in America. Dunbar-Nelson was also an advocate for women's rights and civil rights, using her writings and public speaking to challenge racial and gender inequality. In addition to her literary work, she was a teacher and lecturer, actively involved in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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VIOLETS. I. "And she tied a bunch of violets with a tress of her pretty brown hair." She sat in the yellow glow of the lamplight softly humming these words. It was Easter evening, and the newly risen spring world was slowly sinking to a gentle, rosy, opalescent slumber, sweetly tired of the joy which had pervaded it all day. For in the dawn of the perfect morn, it had arisen, stretched out its... more...

THE GOODNESS OF SAINT ROCQUE Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken. She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot. To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed. If you had peered under the veil, you would have... more...

PREFACE It seems eminently fitting and proper in this year, the fiftieth anniversary of the Proclamation of Emancipation that the Negro should give pause and look around him at the things which he has done, those which he might have done, and those which he intends to do. We pause, just at the beginning of another half century, taking stock of past achievements, present conditions, future... more...