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Black Facts

1952 – Invisible Man wins award

Author Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man wins the National Book Award

1944 – 1944 Novelist Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia.

1944 Novelist Alice Walker was born in Eatonton, Georgia.

1906 – Death of Paul Laurence Dunbar (33), Dayton, Ohio

Death of poet and novelist Paul Laurence Dunbar (33), Dayton, Ohio.

 

This Day In Black History: February 9th- Alice Walker Born  was originally published on majicatl.com