Waverley Turner Carmichael
Waverley Turner Carmichael (1881 - 1936) was an African-American author. He was born in Snow Hill, Alabama. During the First World War he served with 92nd Infantry Division of the United States Army in France. After the war he worked as a clerk with the United States Postal Service in Boston.
A collection of his poetry was published as From the heart of a folk in 1918. His works are included in several anthologies of African-American verse.
Further reading
- Wagner, Jean, Black Poets of the United States.
- Edwards, William James, Twenty Five Years in the Black Belt.
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