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Countee Cullen is Born
The exact date or even birthplace of Cullen is known, which is due to the fact that his mother had possibly abandoned him or died. -
Theodore Roosevelt is Elected
Theodore Roosevelt wins his first election for President after serving three years in the office due to the death of William McKinley. -
Woodrow Wilson is Elected
Woodrow Wilson overcomes a three way race for presidency. -
US declares war on Germany
United States Congress declares war on Germany and joins the allies in World War I. -
Death of Mrs. Porter
Mrs. Porter was the guardian of Cullen after his parents died and is perhaps his paternal grandmother -
Countee is Adopted
After the death of Mrs. Porter, Cullen is adopted by Reverend and Mrs Frederick A. Cullen. -
Women are given the right to vote
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Cullen Graduates from DeWitt Clinton High School
He graduated with honors in Latin, Greek, Mathematics, and French. -
Cullen wins Witter Bynner Undergraduate Poetry Contest
While in NYU, Cullen wins the Witter Bynner undergraduate poetry contest, his poems would later be featured in some publications such as Harper's, Crisis, Opportunity, The Bookman, and Poetry. -
Cullen Graduates NYU and attends Harvard
Cullen graduated from NYU as one of eleven students selected to Phi Beta Kappa and continues his education in Harvard in hopes to acquire a masters in English. -
Cullen Publishes Color
The book included "Heritage" and "Incident", probably his most famous poems. "Yet Do I Marvel". -
Cullen Graduates Harvard
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Cullen Marries Nina Yolande Du Bois
Daughter of W. E. B. Du Bois, the leading black intellectual. -
Stock Market crash
Postwar prosperity ends in the 1929 Stock Market crash, stock prices led to losses between 1929 and 1931 of an estimated $50 billion and started the worst American depression in the nation's history. -
FDR is Elected
Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats President Hoover in the presidential election for the first of his four terms. -
Cullen becomes a Teacher
He taught English, French, and creative writing at Frederick Douglass Junior High School in New York City. -
Cullen begins taking place in Broadway
He worked with Arna Bontemps to adapt Bontemps's 1931 novel God Sends Sunday into St. Louis Woman -
Cullen Marries Ida Mae Robertson
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Pearl Harbor is Attacked
On December 11, 1941, the United States declares war on Germany and Italy, responding to their declaration of war against America. -
Bombing of Hiroshima
Three days later, the second bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. On August 15, Emperor Hirohito of Japan surrenders. -
Countee Cullen Dies
Cullen died from high blood pressure and uremic poisoning on January 9, 1946.