Clara Ann Thompson

Clara Ann Thompson (1869–1949) was an African-American poet, teacher and civil rights advocate. Thompson was born in Rossmoyne, Ohio. Thompson's parents, John Henry and Clara Jane Gray Thompson, were previously enslaved in Virginia.

Thompson's most notable collection of poetry was "''Songs from the Wayside''" (1908). Thompson's "''A Garland of Poems"'' (1926) was her second collection. Some of her poems appeared in "''An Anthology of Verse by American Negroes''" (1924). Provided by Wikipedia