Arna Bontemps was born October 13, 1902 in Alexandria, Louisiana, to Charlie and Marie Pembrooke Bontemps. When Bontemps was just a young boy, his family moved to Los Angeles as part of the Great Migration. Bontemps attended public school in Los Angeles before attending Pacific Union College. As a undergraduate student, he majored in English, minored […]

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