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 * Georgia Douglas Johnson**
 * By Andrea Pedregon**

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Georgia Douglas Johnson was born September 10, 1880 in Atlanta, Georgia. However, the year of her birth is still uncertain. she studied at and graduated from Atlanta University Normal College.She graduated 1896. She was the most famous woman poet of that literary movement, publishing four volumes of poetry, //The Heart of a Woman// (1918) //Bronze// (1922), //An Autumn Love Cycle// (1928), and //Share My World// (1962)(Honey). She studied Oberlin Conservatory and the Cleveland College of Music. A while later, she worked as an assistant principal(Keats). ====== Georgia Douglas Johnson was an important person in the Harlem Renaissance. She was married to Henry Lincoln Johnson. However, he died in 1925. After his death she was forced to care for herself and for her two sons. She worked along side many very credited poets, including Louis Alexander, Langston Hughes, and others. She often talked about women, their hardships, and what they had to go through. In addition to poetry, she also wrote many plays. Johnson accepted an honorary doctorate in literature from Atlanta University in 1965, and in 2010 she was inducted posthumously into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame(Unknown.)


 * **Black Woman** ||||  ||
 * by Georgia Douglas Johnson ||

code Don’t knock at the door, little child, I cannot let you in, You know not what a world this is    Of cruelty and sin. Wait in the still eternity Until I come to you, The world is cruel, cruel, child, I cannot let you in!

Don’t knock at my heart, little one, I cannot bear the pain Of turning deaf-ear to your call Time and time again! You do not know the monster men Inhabiting the earth, Be still, be still, my precious child, I must not give you birth! code ||

(Dunbar)
Analysis: My analysis of this poem is that this little boy wants to run from his problems. He is a black child, and no one can really save him. It is his place to save himself. This shows that sometimes you are the only one that can save yourself. You are the one that has to take charge and take the bull by the horns; sometimes that is needed.

 Works Cited Dunbar, Paul Laurence. " Black Woman- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More." //Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. . Honey, Maureen. "Georgia Douglas Johnson's Life and Career." //Welcome to English Â« Department of English, College of LAS, University of Illinois//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. . Keats, John. "Poetry Foundation." //Poetry Foundation//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. . "New Georgia Encyclopedia: Georgia Douglas Johnson (ca. 1877-1966)." //New Georgia Encyclopedia//. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2011. .