Nellie Rathbone Bright - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Nellie Rathbone Bright
- Nellie Rathbone Bright (March 28, 1898 - February 7, 1977) was an African-American educator, poet, and author.
- She taught in Philadelphia public schools, becoming a principal in 1935 and serving until her retirement in 1952.
- She inspired generations of African-American students. During the 1920s she was part of a literary group known as the Black Opals.
- In 1927-1928, together with Arthur Fauset, she co-edited Black Opals, a literary magazine named after a line from a poem in its first issue.
- Although it was published in Philadelphia, the magazine was considered part of the larger artistic world of the Harlem Renaissance.
- Similar literary groups and magazines sprang up in Boston and Washington, DC.Born in Savannah, Georgia to parents who were college graduates and professionals, Bright and her family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early 1910s during the Great Migration.
- Her father was an Episcopal priest and her mother a teacher and social worker.
- Bright completed most of her education in Philadelphia, graduating from the University of Pennsylvania.
- She devoted most of her life to her students, as a teacher and a principal.
