DeeDeeNov 7, 2022
@drhettie2017
My current research is about Black women who attended Columbia U before 1954 including women such as May Edward Chinn (L) and Lucy Diggs Slowe (R):
Nov 7, 2022 at 2:26pmWeb
Show threadAmardeep SinghNov 7, 2022

@drhettie This is cool! Curious, have you looked at the Harlem Renaissance poet Helene Johnson? (She attended Columbia but as I understand it she didn't graduate)

https://scalar.lehigh.edu/african-american-poetry-a-digital-anthology/helene-johnson-a-selection-of-poems

Show thread@drhettie2017Nov 7, 2022
@amardeepmsingh Yes, I am familiar with her but so many Black women actually did attend Columbia as early as 1901 (hundreds) either in graduate programs or the Teachers College summer program. Paul and Eslanda Robeson met there.