Benjamin Griffith Brawley
- Benjamin Griffith Brawley
Benjamin Griffith Brawley (April 22, 1882 - February 1, 1939) was a prominent African American author and educator. He studied at Atlanta Baptist College, the University of Chicago, and Harvard, and he taught at Atlanta Baptist College, Howard University, and Shaw University, serving as the Dean of Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA. He wrote a good deal of poetry, but is best known for his prose work including: "The Negro Literature and Art" (1918); "A Short History of the American Negro" (1919); "A Short History of the English Drama" (1921); "A Social History of the American Negro" (1921); "A New Survey of English Literature" (1925).
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