MELVIN BEAUNORUS TOLSON
(1898—1966)
A poet, a professor, and an essayist, Melvin B. Tolson liked to tell people that he was born in Moberly, Missouri, in 1900 to Rev. Alonzo and Lera Ann Hurt Tolson. Nevertheless, convincing evidence ha…
(1898—1966)
A poet, a professor, and an essayist, Melvin B. Tolson liked to tell people that he was born in Moberly, Missouri, in 1900 to Rev. Alonzo and Lera Ann Hurt Tolson. Nevertheless, convincing evidence ha…