Today’s trivia of the week question asked what do you know about Charlotte Eugenia Hawkins Brown? Brown was known for almost-single handedly creating a school as well as the “African-American Miss Manners” because of her book The Correct Thing to Do—to Say—to Wear (1941). She also published many short stories and articles.
Read about her in the Encyclopedia of African-American Writing, a Salem Press ebook. Access it from the Salem Press & Grey House Publishing Reference Shelf which you can find under S on LAPL’s Research & Homework page (https://lapl.org/collections-resources/research-and-homework) and access it with your library card.
