Part 10

JOHNSON, CHARLES BERTRAM. Born at Callao, Mo., 1880. He was educated in the public schools of his home town and at Western College, Lincoln Institute and at Chicago University. He was a teacher for a number of years and is now a pastor of a church at Moberly, Mo. He is the author of _Songs of My People_.

JOHNSON, FENTON. Born at Chicago, 1888. He was educated in the public schools and at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. The author of _A Little Dreaming, Songs of the Soil_ and _Visions of the Dusk_. He has devoted much time to journalism and the editing of a magazine.

JOHNSON, GEORGIA DOUGLAS. Born in Atlanta, Ga., 1886. She was educated in the public schools of that city and at Atlanta University. She is the author of a volume of verse, _The Heart of a Woman_ and other poems.

JOHNSON, JAMES WELDON. Born at Jacksonville, Fla., 1871. He was educated in the public schools of Jacksonville, at Atlanta University and at Columbia University. He taught school in his native town for several years. Later he came to New York with his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, and began writing for the musical comedy stage. He served seven years as U. S. Consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua. Author of _The Autobiography of an Ex-colored Man, Fifty Years and Other Poems_, and the English libretto to _Goyescas_, the Spanish grand opera, produced at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1915.

JONES, EDWARD SMYTH. Attracted national attention about ten years ago by walking some hunderds of miles from his home in the South to Harvard University. Arriving there, he was arrested on a charge of vagrancy. While in jail, he wrote a poem, "Harvard Square." The poem created a sentiment that led to his quick release. He is the author of _The Sylvan Cabin_.

JONES, JOSHUA HENRY, JR. He is engaged in newspaper work in Boston and is the author of a volume of poems, _The Heart of the World_.

MARGETSON, GEORGE REGINALD. Was born at St. Kitts, British West Indies, in 1877. He was educated at the Moravian school in his district. He came to the United States in 1897. Mr. Margetson has found it necessary to work hard to support a large family and his poems have been written in his spare moments. He is the author of two volumes of verses, _Songs of Life_ and _The Fledgling Bard and the Poetry Society_ and, in addition, a large number of uncollected poems. Mr. Margetson lives in Boston.

McCLELLAN, GEORGE MARION. Born at Belfast, Tenn., 1860. Graduate of Fisk University and Hartford Theological Seminary, teacher, principal and author. He is the author of _The Path of Dreams_.

McKAY, CLAUDE. Born in Jamaica, West Indies, 1889. Such education as he gained in boyhood he received from his brother. He served for a while as a member of the Kingston Constabulary. In 1912 he came to the United States. For two years he was a student of agriculture at the Kansas State College. Since leaving school Mr. McKay has turned his hand to any kind of work to earn a living. He has worked in hotels and on the Pullman cars. He is to-day associate editor of _The Liberator_. He is the author of two volumes of poems, _Songs of Jamaica_ and _Spring in New Hampshire_, the former published in Jamaica and the latter in London.

MOORE; WILLIAM H. A. Was born in New York City and received his education in the public schools and at the City College. He also did some special work at Columbia University. He has had a long career as a newspaper man, working on both white and colored publications. He now lives in Chicago. He is the author of _Dusk Songs_, a volume of poems.

NELSON, ALICE MOORE (DUNBAR). Born at New Orleans, La., 1875. She was educated in the schools of New Orleans and has taken special courses at Cornell University, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania. Author of _Violets and Other Tales, The Goodness of St. Rocque, Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence_, and _The Dunbar Speaker_. She was married to Paul Laurence Dunbar in 1898. She has been a teacher and is well known on the lecture platform and as an editor.

ROGERS, ALEX. Born at Nashville, Tenn., 1876. Educated in the public schools of that city. For many years a writer of words for popular songs. He wrote many of the songs for the musical comedies in which Williams and Walker appeared. He is the author of _The Jonah Man, Nobody_ and other songs made popular by Mr. Bert Williams.

SHACKELFORD, THEODORE HENRY. Author of _Mammy's Cracklin' Bread and Other Poems_, and _My Country and Other Poems_.

SPENCER, ANNE. Born in Bramwell, W. Va., 1882. Educated at the Virginia Seminary, Lynchburg, Va. She lives at Lynchburg and takes great pride and pleasure in her garden.

WATKINS, LUCIAN B., was born in Virginia. He served overseas in the great war and lost his health. He died in 1921. He was the author of a large number of uncollected poems.

INDEX OF TITLES

After the Winter And What Shall You Say? At the Carnival At the Closed Gate of Justice

Band of Gideon, The Banjo Player, The Barrier, The Before the Feast of Shushan Big Bell in Zion, The Black Mammies Brothers Butterfly in Church, A

Calling the Doctor Chaucer Children of the Sun Christmas at Melrose Christmas Eve in France Compensation Corn Song, The Creation, The Cunjah Man, De

Dawn's Awake! The Dead Fires Death Song, A Debt, The Del Cascar Dogwood Blossoms Dream and the Song Drum Majah, De Dunbar Dusk Song

Feet of Judas, The Fifty Years Flame-Heart

Harlem Dancer, The Harlem Shadows Haunted Oak, The Heart of a Woman, The Hills of Sewanee, The Hog Meat

If We Must Die Indignation Dinner, An In the Matter of Two Men Ironic: LL.D. Is It Because I Am Black? 'Ittle Touzle Head It Was Not Fate I Want to Die While You Love Me

Keep Me, Jesus, Keep Me

La Vie C'est la Vie Litany of Atlanta, A Little Brown Baby Little Cabin, A Lost Illusions Lover's Lane Lynching, The

Miss Melerlee Mother Night My Hero My Little Dreams

Negro Love Song, A Negro Poets Negro Serenade Negro Singer, The Negro Soldiers, The New Day, The

O Black and Unknown Bards Oblivion Ol' Doc' Hyar Oriflamme O Southland

Paul Laurence Dunbar Prayer, A

Rain Music Rain Song, The Rhapsody Road to the Bow, The Rubinstein Staccato Etude, The

Sandy Star and Willie Gee Scarlet Woman, The Scintilla Sence You Went Away Ships That Pass in the Night Sic Vita Song of Thanks, A Sonnet Sprin' Fevah Spring in New Hampshire Stanzas from The Fledgling Bard and the Poetry Society Star of Ethiopia Summer Magic Supplication

Teacher, The Time to Die Tired Tired Worker, The To a Skull To O. E. A To Our Friends To the White Fiends Translation Turn Me to My Yellow Leaves Tuskegee Two-an'-Six Two Points of View

Uncle Eph's Banjo Song

Washer-Woman, The 'Weh Down Souf Welt When de Co'n Pone's Hot When Ol' Sis Judy Pray White Witch, The Why Adam Sinned Wife-Woman, The Winter Is Coming

Youth

Zalka Peetruza