Frank Marshall Davis

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Frank Marshall Davis was an African American poet, journalist, and political activist whose work explored race, class, and social justice in mid-20th-century America.

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Frank Marshall Davis canonical 3

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instanceOf journalist
person
poet
political activist
activeIn mid-20th-century United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1905-12-31
dateOfDeath 1987-07-26
describedBySource African American poets and their critics
educatedAt Friends University
Kansas State University
surface form: Kansas State Agricultural College
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Davis
fieldOfWork anti-racism activism
civil rights
labor organizing
fullName Frank Marshall Davis self-link
genre journalism
poetry
political writing
givenName Frank
hasInfluenced African American literature
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainTheme class
labor rights
race
social justice
movement Harlem Renaissance
notableWork 47th Street: Poems
Black Man’s Verse
I Am the American Negro
occupation editor
journalist
labor activist
photographer
poet
partOf American civil rights movement
surface form: African American civil rights movement
placeOfBirth Arkansas City, Kansas, United States
placeOfDeath Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
politicalAlignment communism-adjacent activism
left-wing politics
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Helen Canfield Davis
subjectOf FBI surveillance during the Cold War
wroteFor Associated Negro Press
Chicago Star
Honolulu Record

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Chicago Black Renaissance hasNotableFigure Frank Marshall Davis
South Side Writers Group notableMember Frank Marshall Davis
Frank Marshall Davis fullName Frank Marshall Davis self-link