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In Flaming Letters

Name: In Flaming Letters
Brand: University of Virginia Press
SKU: 49500177
Price: 93.89 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Cynthia Davis
ISBN: 9780813954059

Cynthia Davis

Verner D. Mitchell

Language

English

Book Hardback

Libristo code: 49500177

Publishers University of Virginia Press, December 2025

A treasury of poetry and prose from an unsung trailblazer of Black literature Lucia M. Pitts (1904-... Full description

Libristo code: 49500177

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A treasury of poetry and prose from an unsung trailblazer of Black literature

Lucia M. Pitts (1904-1973) was an African American writer and Army veteran whose story has never been told. Her poetry, including love lyrics of striking sensuality and honesty, was admired by Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Dorothy West. Her work first appeared during the Harlem Renaissance, influenced by Harriet Monroe's Poetry magazine and blues singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith. A native of Chicago's Bronzeville, Pitts challenged discrimination and segregation throughout her remarkable life, both as a member of President Franklin Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet" and as the first African American woman employed at the War Department. Then, in 1943, Pitts joined the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the Army's only all-Black, all-female battalion, which later received the Congressional Gold Medal.

Pitts's own account of her service with the Six Triple Eight, however, has remained unpublished until now. This volume brings together a biography of Pitts, her complete military memoir, and one hundred of her finest poems.