2 Quotes & Sayings By Dubose Heyward

DuBose Heyward published the first novel of the Harlem Renaissance, Porgy, in 1936. The book was a success and Heyward became popular as a writer and as a lecturer at colleges and universities across the country. From January 1941 to December 1942 he served as the first African-American to serve as a full-time Professor of English at Howard University in Washington, D.C.. Heyward died of cancer on December 6, 1943 Read more