Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus

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Tolson, Melvin Beaunorus, 1900-1966

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Tolson, M.B. (Melvin Beaunoris), 1898-1966

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Tolson, Melvin B. 1898-1966

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Tolson, Melvin B. (Melvin Beaunorus)

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Tolson, Melvin B. 1900-1966

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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, Poetry magazine, 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. From the guide to the Melvin Beaunorus Tolson Papers, 1932-1975, (bulk 1940-1966), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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