When was naomi long madgett born

Octavia: Guthrie and Beyond Haunted by her physical likeness to an aunt who died be More photos. Add photo. View map. Born July 5, Norfolk, Virginia , United States. Education "Virginia State University". Virginia State College , Bachelor of Arts. Wayne State University , Medicine. Loyola University , Doctor of Humane Letters. Awards Recipient Esther R. Josephine Nevins Keal award, American Book award, , Michigan Artist award, Recipient Esther R. Enter your The HistoryMakers username.

Enter the password that accompanies your username. In , the family moved to St. Madgett, at age fifteen, established a friendship with Langston Hughes. Madgett attended graduate school at New York University. In , she married and moved to Detroit, Michigan where she worked as a copywriter for the Michigan Chronicle and the Michigan Bell.

In the s, she taught at Detroit's Northwestern High School, launching the school's first course in African American literature.

In she became a teacher of creative writing and black literature at Eastern Michigan University, where she worked until her retirement in She also served as poetry editor for Michigan State University Press in the s. Franklin Street, Richmond, VA To be a Writer.

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