Charles W. Chesnutt
Beginning of paper
Though born in Cleveland in 1858, the grandson of a white man and the son of free blacks, grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina where his family, having left the South originally in 1856, returned after the Civil War. Chesnutt who had little formal education taught himself and also received tuto ....
Middle of paper
.... his family. He had an
intense thirst for knowledge. At a time when few educational opportunities
existed for black Americans, he studied math, music, literature and
languages. He left Charlotte to take a job as assistant principal of the State
Normal School. By age 22, he was its principal. "There's time enough, but
none to spare."(1)
Lack of opportunity to advance led him to go to New York City
to find work at Dow, Jones and Company and also writes a financial
news ....
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