Wallace Thurman
Writer
August 16, 1902 — December 22, 1934 (32 years)
Wallace Henry Thurman was an American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance. He also wrote essays, worked as an editor, and was a publisher of short-lived newspapers and literary journals. He is best known for his novel The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life (1929), which explores discrimination within the black community based on skin color, with lighter skin being more highly valued.
Filmography
| 1935 | Tomorrow's Children · as Screenplay |
| 1934 |