Georgia Douglas Johnson

Born: 1877 in Atlanta, Georgia

Best known African-American woman poet of her time

• • An accomplished playwright and journalist

  • She grew up in rural Georgia

  • Graduated from Atlanta and taught in school in Atlanta

• In 1910, she moved to Washington D.C. after marriage

  • 1916: "The Crisis", her first published poetry was published

• In 1925, her husband died

  • She had to work as a single parent

  • She put two of her sons in law school and medical school

• She also wrote many plays, short stories, and a biography of her late husband

• In 1965, Johnson accepted an honorary doctorate in literature from The Atlanta University

Died: 1966 in Washington, D.C.