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Countee Cullen was born on
March 30th, 1903Countee Porter Changes his name to Countee CullenInfo on Countee Cullen's FatherCullen Entols in Public School Number 27Cullen's Grandmother Passes awayCullen Drops the "P" (Porter) initial from his nameCullen Wins first prize during a city wide poetry contestCullen recieves Magpie CupCountee Cullen Passes Away"Colors" is Published"Copper Sun" Is published"Ballad of the Brown Girl" is PublishedCullen wins second prize in
Witter Bynner Undergraduate Poetry ContestCullen Recieves Master's
degree from Harvard UniversityCulllen Wins Crisis magazine award in poetryCullen States his view on being a black Poet in a PaperCullen Win;s John Reed Memorial PrizeCullen Reads "heritage"Countee Cullen Marries Yolande Du BoisCullen and Yolande Du Bois DivorceCaroling Dusk published in 1927Cullen teaches as a full time
teacher at New York Public schoolsCullen marries Ida Mae RobersonSt. Louis Woman opens on BroadwayCullen writes script for St. Louis Woman."On These i Stand" PublishedNew York Public Library & Public schools
in New york and Chicago named for Cullen"The Black Christ and Other Poems" Publushed"One way to Heaven" Published"The Medea and Some Poems" PublishedWorks CitedPeriods
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Countee Cullen's LifeDeWitt Clinton High SchoolNew York UniversityHarvard UniversityColors, Copper Sun, and Ballad of the Brown Girl writtenCullen works as assistant
editor of 'Opportunity'Cullen's Down & Final years
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