Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.
Born: February 2, 1861
Died: March 14, 1949 (aged 88)
Bio: Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr. was a poet, writer, playwright, and community leader raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Cotter was one of the earliest African-American playwrights to be published. He was known as "Kentucky's first Negro poet with real creative ability.
Known for:
- A White Song and a Black One (1909)
- Links of Friendship (1898)
- The Band of Gideon: And Other Lyrics (1918)
- A Rhyming (1895)
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