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Charles Chesnutt

Novelist, short story writer, essayist, activist.

Born June 20th, 1858 in Cleveland. [ref]

Died November 17th, 1932 at 74 years old in Cleveland. [ref]

Occupations
author, biographer, lawyer, novelist, writer

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson