Era Bell Thompson

Portrait of Era Bell Thompson from the collection of Black Women Oral History Project. Era Bell Thompson (August 10, 1905 – December 30, 1986) was an American writer and editor.

Thompson was born in Des Moines, Iowa, to an African American family, the only daughter of Steward "Tony" Thompson and Mary Logan Thompson, the children of formerly enslaved people. She graduated from the University of North Dakota (UND), pursued a career as an author, and was a long-time editor and journalist for ''Ebony'' magazine in Chicago.

Thompson was a recipient of the governor of North Dakota's Roughrider Award, and a multicultural center at UND is named for her. Provided by Wikipedia
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    American daughter.
    by Thompson, Era Bell
    Published 1946
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    Africa, land of my fathers.
    by Thompson, Era Bell
    Published 1954
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    White on black ; the views of twenty-two white Americans on the Negro /
    Published 1963
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