Quote of the day
The best thing we can do if we want the Russians to let us be Americans is to let the Russians be Russian.
Countee Cullen

Born: May 30, 1903
Died: January 9, 1946 (aged 42)
Bio: Countee Cullen, born as Coleman Rutherford, was an African American poet, author and scholar who was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance. He pronounced his name "Coun-tay", not "Coun-tee".
Known for:
- The lost zoo (1940)
- My soul's high song
- Caroling Dusk (1927)
- Color (1925)