Best Known For Charles Chesnutt was a trailblazing short-story
author and novelist who presented African-American life in works
like The Conjure Woman and The Colonel's Dream. Think you know
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other players.Play Now Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 20,
1858, Charles Chesnutt ran a stenography firm while also
writing, offering up a rich collection of short stories and
novels on African-American life. A biracial man, his novel The
House Behind the Cedars looked at skin color passing while The
Colonel's Dream focused on a Southern town. Other works include
a bio on Frederick Douglass. Chesnutt died in Cleveland on
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Included In These Groups They are the famous African-American
writers who have fearlessly examined cultural stigmas, provided
intimate life details, presented new ideas and created
remarkable fiction through literary works. For their prophetic
genius, these men and women have receiv