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African-American History
Sterling Brown
Brown was born on May 1, 1901 on the campus of Howard University in Washington,
DC, and died in 1989.
Although frequently mentioned synonymously with the Harlem Renaissance,
Brown actually rose to prominence outside of New York.
In 1922 at the age of 18, Brown won a scholarship to Williams College
and then went on to Harvard University.
From 1936 to 1940, Brown served as editor of the Negro Affairs for the
Work Projects Administrator's Federal Writers Project, which was one of
the few important positions bestowed on an African American during the
Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. The desired effect of the New Deal was
to get people back to work during the Depression.
Brown's main works in the 1930s were studies of African-American literature
and drama. His first book of poems, Southern Road, was most controversial
because it made use of the black vernacular structures, which had been
used, up to that time mostly in music.
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