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Poet Melvin B. Tolson born

February 6, 1898 - August 29, 1966 (68)

Melvin TolsonPoet Melvin B. Tolson born in Moberly, Missouri.He was a contemporary of the Harlem Renaissance and, although he was not a participant in it, his work reflects its influences. Liberia declared Tolson as its poet laureate in 1947.

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