February 11
Celebrating the literary legacy of Black writers in North Carolina
Charles Chesnutt (1858-1932)
Cleveland, OH → raised in Fayetteville, NC beginning age 9
“Charles Waddell Chesnutt was an American author, essayist, political activist, and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South.” - Wikipedia
The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales
The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color-Line
