Ann Petry joined the ancestors (Oct 12, 1908 - Apr 28, 1997). Writer of novels, short stories, children's books and journalism. She was the 1st African American woman writer with book sales topping a million copies Her novel ‘The Street’ (1946) was based on her experiences after moving to Harlem in 1939 after having spent her life in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, a small, mostly white town where her father was a pharmacist.
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