Marcus Bruce Christian

Marcus Bruce Christian (March 8, 1900 – November 21, 1976), was a New Negro regional poet, writer, historian and folklorist. The author of the collection, ''I Am New Orleans and Other Poems'' (posthumously edited by Rudolph Lewis and Amin Sharif and published by Xavier Review Press), Christian also compiled and wrote the still-unpublished manuscript, ''The History of The Negro in Louisiana'' during his stint at the Negro Federal Writers Project at Dillard University. After his death, his family bequeathed of his diaries, criticism, manuscripts, and scholarly papers to the University of New Orleans, where they currently reside. Provided by Wikipedia