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Domestic News December 1, 1937

Atlanta Daily World

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia

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Dr. James Weldon Johnson and Zora Neale Hurston, prominent African American authors, spoke at the second annual New York Times National Book Fair in Radio City, New York, with Johnson reading from 'God's Trombones' on closing Sunday and Hurston speaking on November 15.

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2 RACE WRITERS SPEAK AT N. Y. BOOK FAIR

NEW YORK--(C)--Dr. James Weldon Johnson, professor of creative literature at Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., and author of "Along This Way" and other books, was a speaker at the second annual New York Times National Book Fair in Radio City on the closing day, Sunday afternoon. Dr. Johnson read from his book of poems, "God's Trombones."

Miss Zora Neale Hurston, author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God," was a speaker before the fair on Monday afternoon, November 15.

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Social Event

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New York Book Fair James Weldon Johnson Zora Neale Hurston God's Trombones Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Dr. James Weldon Johnson Miss Zora Neale Hurston

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New York

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New York

Event Date

Monday Afternoon, November 15 And Closing Sunday Afternoon

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Dr. James Weldon Johnson Miss Zora Neale Hurston

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Dr. James Weldon Johnson, professor of creative literature at Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., and author of "Along This Way" and other books, was a speaker at the second annual New York Times National Book Fair in Radio City on the closing day, Sunday afternoon, reading from his book of poems, "God's Trombones." Miss Zora Neale Hurston, author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God," was a speaker before the fair on Monday afternoon, November 15.

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