Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr.

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1861 – 1949

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Who was Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr.?

Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr. was a poet, writer, playwright, and community leader raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Cotter was one of the earliest African-American playwrights to be published. He was known as “Kentucky’s first Negro poet with real creative ability.” Born at the start of the American Civil War, raised in poverty with no formal education until the age of 22, and living through a time of monumental change, Cotter also became an educator and an advocate of black education.

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Born
Feb 2, 1861
Kentucky
Also known as
  • Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr
Ethnicity
  • African American
Profession
Died
Mar 14, 1949

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on July 23, 2013

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