Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Charles W. Chesnutt

Born: June 20, 1858
Died: November 15, 1932 (aged 74)
Bio: Charles Waddell Chesnutt was an African-American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South.
Known for:
- The Marrow of Tradition (1901)
- The Conjure Woman (1899)
- The House Behind the Cedars (1900)
- The Wife of His Youth
- The Colonel's Dream (1905)