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The rhythm persisted, the unfaltering common meter of blues, but the blueness itself, the sorrow, the despair, began to give way to hope.

Rudolph Fisher

In Harlem, black was white. You had rights that could not be denied you; you had privileges, protected by law. And you had money. Everybody in Harlem had money. It was a land of plenty.

Rudolph Fisher

Rudolph Fisher

Rudolph Fisher

Born: May 9, 1897

Died: December 26, 1934 (aged 37)

Bio: Rudolph Fisher was an African-American physician, radiologist, novelist, short story writer, dramatist, musician, and orator. His parents were John Wesley Fisher, a clergyman, and Glendora Williamson. Fisher had three children.

Known for:

The conjure-man dies (1932)
The city of refuge
The Walls of Jericho (1928)
The short fiction of Rudolph Fisher

Rudolph Fisher on Wikipedia

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