Marita Bonner
Playwright, Author
1899 – 1971
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Who was Marita Bonner?
Marita Bonner was an African-American writer, essayist, and playwright who is commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance. She was also known as Marita Occomy, Marita Odette Bonner, Marita Odette Bonner Occomy, Marita Bonner Occomy, Joseph Maree Andrew. On December 29, 1921 along with 15 other women, she chartered the Iota Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
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- Born
- Jun 16, 1899
Boston - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Brookline High School
- Radcliffe College
- Died
- Dec 6, 1971
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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