Cullen, Countee, 1903-1946

found: Countee' Cullen's secret revealed by miracle book, c2008:p. vii (real name is James S. Carter) p. 19 (b. in 1903 in New Orleans) p. 33 (d. in 1946) p. 4 of cover (James S. Carter, Jr.)

found: Wikipedia, Sept. 20, 2013(Countee Cullen (May 30, 1903 - Jan. 9, 1946) was an American poet who was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance)

found: African American National Biography, accessed January 5, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Cullen, Countée; dramatist, poet. He was born 30 May 1903 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States; earned his bachelor's degree from New York University (1925); master's degree from Harvard University; universal critical acclaim with first collection of poetry, Color (1925); second volume of poetry, Copper Sun (1927); third volume of poetry, The Ballad of a Brown Girl (1928); only novel ever published, One Way to Heaven (1932); full-time teacher at Frederick Douglass Junior High School (1934-1946); honors include, first prize in the Witter Bynner Undergraduate Poetry Contest, sponsored by Poetry Society of America (1925); John Reed Memorial Prize by Poetry magazine (1925); first prize in literature from Harmon Foundation (1927). He died 09 January 1946 in New York, New York, United States)