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Dunbar-Nelson enhanced the formal, classical education of her youth by becoming a lifelong consumer of books, periodicals, performances, lectures and intelligent debate wherever she could find it. She also was a steady advocate of excellence in the arts, free from race and gender expectations. She has been described as bold, determined, ambitious, unapologetic, power-conscious, difficult to impress, brilliant at debate, and laser sharp in her ability to assess the world around her, especially as she pushed for rights owed to Black Americans and women. Her New Orleans experience and her multi-racial heritage gave voice to her stories and authority to her commentaries on culture and the color line in American society. Site: 1310 North French Street (private) East Side Brandywine National Register DistrictĪlice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) was an accomplished writer of poetry and fiction, a social and political commentator, educator, organizer, Civil Rights advocate and Suffragist.

Harlem Renaissance writer, educator, suffragist, organizer