By: Paul Lee, Lukeman hasan, Alec Maclachlan, Drew Mason

 Born in in NYC  Attended Harvard University  Raised in Methodist Parsonage  Attended De Witt high school 

 Started writing poems since age 14  His first poem was published in 1927  His poems were published in The Crisis, under the leadership of W. E. B. Du Bois, and Opportunity, a magazine of the National Urban League.

 Married Yolanda Du Bois  Father- Reverend Frederick A.  Mother-Carolyn Belle Cullen

 Incident  The Wise  For a Poet  For a Lady  Yet do I Marvel  Saturdays Child  The Loss of Love  Fruit of the Flower  Simon the Cyrenian Speaks  Youth Sling a song of Rosebuds