Joshua Henry Jones Jr. (? - December 14, 1955) was an American composer, poet, and novelist.[1] He was photographed in 1923.[2] His poem "To a Skull" was included in James Weldon Johnson's 1922 book The Book of American Negro Poetry.[3] Robert Thomas Kerlin included him in his 1923 poetry anthology Negro Poets and Their Poems.
Joshua Henry Jones | |
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 Jones in 1923 | |
| Born | Joshua Henry Jones Jr. Orangeburg, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | December 14, 1955 |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Ohio State University Yale University Brown University |
| Children | 2 |
Early life
editHe was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina[4] and grew up in South Carolina.[5] His father was a bishop in the A.M.E. church.[6]
Career
editHis poems were published, including one collection called "Poems of the Four Seas".[7] He also wrote the novel By Sanction of Law[8] about a marriage between an African American man and a Caucasian woman. It was published in 1924 by B. J. Brimmer Company in Boston. It was loosely based on his own experiences. It was banned from the Boston Public Library system.[9] In 1923,[10] he wrote the words for Boston's official hymn, "Dear Old Boston".
He studied at Ohio State University and Yale University. He graduated from Brown University. He married his college sweetheart, a sculptor and Canadian immigrant. They had two children. He was referred to as Boston's poet laureate.[citation needed]
He wrote about Boston Common in Our Boston.[11] Some of his poems addressed World War I.[12]
Books
editPoetry
editNovels
edit- By Sanction of Law[15] (1924), dedicated to his father and Boston mayor James M. Curley[16]
References
edit- ^ In Black and White: Afro-Americans in Print: A Guide to Afro-Americans who Have Made Contributions to the United States of America from 1619 to 1969. Kalamazoo Library System. 1971.
- ^ "Joshua Henry Jones, Jr". New York Public Library. January 1, 1923.
- ^ James Weldon Johnson. The Book of American Negro Poetry (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2022.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Poets, Academy of American. "About Joshua Henry Jones, Jr. | Academy of American Poets". poets.org.
- ^ Negro Poets and Their Poems. Associated publishers, Incorporated. 1923.
- ^ a b "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Negro Poets and Their Poems, by Robert T. Kerlin". Gutenberg.org.
- ^ "Other-Articles-Jan-07-1922-3139029 | NewspaperArchive®". newspaperarchive.com.
- ^ "Browse authors with titles: jones joshua henry by sanction of law by joshua henry jones jr | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu.
- ^ "Other-Articles-Sep-05-1924-3139046 | NewspaperArchive®". newspaperarchive.com.
- ^ Negro Yearbook 1925-26 by Monroe Work 1925 page 53 and 54
- ^ "Our Boston". February 19, 1926 – via Google Books.
- ^ International Poetry of the First World War: An Anthology of Lost Voices. Bloomsbury. 15 October 2020. ISBN 9781350106451.
- ^ The Heart of the World. Stratford Company. 1919.
- ^ Poems of the Four Seas. Cornhill Publishing Company. 1921.
- ^ "The Literary Digest International Book Review". Funk and Wagnalls Company. 1924.
- ^ By Sanction of Law. B.J. Brimmer Company. 1924.
External links
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