Monday, April 7, 2014

Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.

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Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. was born 2 September 1895 .He was a talented journalist and poet. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He started his education with his sister teaching him to read. He graduated from Louisville’s Central High School in 1911. He went to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee for two years and then he suffered with tuberculosis. He completed a lots of poetry during the last several years of his life.He relates to the Harlem Renaissance because hecreated poetry that related to the concerns at the time. He used self expression by bringing his own views to light and combining them with other peoples views. He died of tuberculosis in Louisville in 1919.



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