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 ...

Ps 194 Countee Cullen is a public school located in New York, NY, which is in a large city setting. The student population of Ps 194 Countee Cullen is 148 and the school serves PK-5. At Ps 194 Countee ...

(The Root) — On June 4, the New York State Writers Hall of Fame will induct five outstanding authors, including Calvin Trillin, Alice McDermott, Walter Mosley, Marilyn Hacker and the late Countee ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Once riding in old Baltimore, Heart-filled, head-filled with glee, I saw a Baltimorean Keep looking straight at me. Now I was eight and very small, And he was no whit bigger, And so I smiled, but he ...