Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright (d. 1966)
Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson, better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson (September 10, 1880 – May 15, 1966), was a poet. She was one of the earliest female African American playwrights, and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
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