Sterling Brown
Sterling Brown
Sterling Allen Brownwas an African-American professor, folklorist, poet and literary critic. He chiefly studied black culture of the Southern United States and was a full professor at Howard University for most of his career. He was a visiting professor at several other notable institutions, including Vassar College, New York University, Atlanta University, and Yale University...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 May 1901
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Propaganda, however legitimate, can speak no louder than the truth.
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Dialect or the speech of the people is capable of expressing whatever the people are.
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I wanted to understand my people. I wanted to understand what it meant to he a Negro. what the qualities of life were. With their imagination, they combine two great loves: the love of words and the love of life. Poetry results.
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