Georgia Douglas Johnson (September 10, 1880? – May 14, 1966) was one of the best-published women writers of the Harlem Renaissance era. She published four books of poems: The Heart of a Woman (1918), Bronze (1922), An Autumn Love Cycle (1928), and Share My World (1962). In addition, she wrote plays, song lyrics, and journalism. She worked for the DC Public Schools and the US Department of Labor, and her newspaper column, “Homely Philosophy,” was syndicated to twenty newspapers between 1926 and 1932. After her husband’s death in 1925, she raised two sons on her own. A gifted organizer, a generous friend, a mentor to many, Johnson hosted weekly salons in her home at 1461 S Street NW in DC from 1921 to approximately 1928; she continued hosting gatherings more sporadically through the Great Depression and into the early 1940s.
To read more about Georgia Douglas Johnson:
Valerie Jean on Georgia Douglas Johnson: Memorial Issue
