Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Cullen has degrees from both NYU and Harvard (smarty pants). That's a pretty awesome accomplishment today, but it's even awesome-r when you consider that Countee was one of the few African Americans in white-dominated academia in the 1920s. (Source.)
Cullen wrote a Broadway play called St. Louis Woman. It was poorly received by the black community, unfortunately, and Cullen died three months before it opened. (Source.)
Baltimore was home to both Edgar Allan Poe and Babe Ruth. We'd love to hang out with both those dudes at the same time. (Source.)
The first umbrellas in America were manufactured in Baltimore. Good to know! (Source.)