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date: 17 June 2025

Newsome, Effie Lee (1885–1979), children's poet, short fiction writer, and editor of a literary column for children in the Crisis from 1925 to 1929. 

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The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
Author(s):

Donnarae MacCann

Effie Lee Newsome (born Mary Effie Lee) was an important link between the Brownies’ Book (1920–1922) and ...

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