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Ariel Williams Holloway
American writer
Ariel Williams Holloway | |
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Lucy Ariel Williams, from a 1926 publication | |
| Born | (1905-03-03)March 3, 1905 Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | January 3, 1973(1973-01-03) (aged 67) Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Other names | Lucy Ariel Williams, Lucy Ariel Williams Holloway |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse | Joaquin M.
Holloway |
Ariel Williams Holloway (March 3, 1905 –January 3, 1973) was an African-American poet of the Harlem Renaissance.
Ariel williams holloway biography
Early life and education
Holloway was born Lucy Ariel Williams in Mobile, Alabama. Her mother was Fannie Brandon, a teacher and choir singer, and her father was Dr. H. Roger Williams, a physician and pharmacist.
She studied at Emerson Institute, Mobile and graduated from Talladega College in 1922. She earned a B.A. in Music at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee (1926), after which she went on to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, from which she received another B.A.
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