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Ariel Williams Holloway

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Dates: (1905 - 1973)
Occupation: musician, teacher, poet
Known for: Harlem Renaissance role
Also known as: Ariel Williams
About Ariel Williams Holloway: Ariel Williams received a bachelor's degree in music from Fisk University in 1926 and another bachelor's degree in music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. She taught music in North Carolina, Florida and Alabama. She was the first supervisor of music in the Mobile, Alabama, public school system, 1939-1973.
She also played music and, in 1926-1935, published a number of poems in one of the leading journals of the Harlem Renaissance, Opportunity.

Places: Mobile, Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee

Organizations, Affiliations: Harlem Renaissance, Fisk University

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