Charles Chesnutt Biography

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NAME: Charles Chesnutt
OCCUPATION: Educator, Author
BIRTH DATE: June 20, 1858
DEATH DATE: November 15, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH: Cleveland, Ohio
PLACE OF DEATH: Cleveland, Ohio
Full Name: Charles Waddell Chesnutt
AKA: Charles W. Chesnutt
AKA: Charles Chesnutt

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Charles Chesnutt was a trailblazing short-story author and novelist who presented African-American life in works like The Conjure Woman and The Colonel's Dream.

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Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 20, 1858, Charles Chesnutt ran a stenography firm while also writing, offering up a rich collection of short stories and novels on African-American life. A biracial man, his novel The House Behind the Cedars looked at skin color passing while The Colonel's Dream focused on a Southern town. Other works include a bio on Frederick Douglass. Chesnutt died in Cleveland on November 15, 1932.

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