1903: Countee Cullen born in Louisville, Kentucky

1918:Adopted by the Reverend and Mrs. Frederick A. Cullen

1922: Continues education in New York University

1923: Wins second prize in national Witter Bynner Poetry Contest

1925: Elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Enters Harvard University. Publishes Color.

1926: Receives Master of Arts degree from Harvard.

1928: Marries Nina Yolande DuBois.

1930: Divorced by Yolande Cullen.

1934: Teaches English and French at Frederick Douglass Junior High School.

1940: Marries Ida Mae Roberson.

1946: Dies of uremic poisoning while involved in controversy over St. Louis Woman.