Gwendolyn Bennett was active in the Harlem Renaissance period, writing poetry, fiction, and journalism, as well as creating visual art (painting, drawing, and working in batik).
She lived in DC as a child (1907–1910), and moved back as an adult, when she taught in the Art Department at Howard University (1926–1929). Her parents rented this house in 1909, when she was seven.
Bennett never published her work in book form. However, her short fiction, poems, and essays appeared in Opportunity, The Crisis, Fire!!, and other journals, and was included in the anthologies Caroling Dusk and The New Negro. From 1926 to 1928, she was an assistant editor and columnist for Opportunity, a magazine sponsored by the National Urban League, where she published a monthly column on the theme of racial pride called “The Ebony Flute.”
The Homes
1454 T St. NW, Washington, DC
Gwendolyn Bennett
1454 T St. NW, Washington DC
Located in U Street/Strivers Section neighborhood, Northwest - East of Rock Creek