Eugenia+Collier

Eugenia Collier was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1928. She was an African-American writer of the mid-1900's. She was one of the few notable African-American women to break the precedent of ignoring formal education and looking for simpler work or becoming housewives. In 1948 Collier earned a Bachelor's degree from Howard University, in 1950 she earned a Master's degree from Colombia University, and in 1976 she earned a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. After completing her Master's degree, Collier spent the next five years as a case worker of the Baltimore Department of Public Welfare. She then taught at Morgan State College in Baltimore, eventually reaching the position of assistant professor of English. Collier also taught at the University of Maryland, Howard University, Southern Illinois University, and Atlanta University. Later in her career, Collier began to contribute her writing in books such as __Impressions in Asphalt: Images of Urban America__, __A Bridge to Saying It Well__, __Langston__ __Hughes: Black Genius__, __Afro-American Writing: An Anthology of Prose and__ __Poetry__, and __Modern Black Poets: A Collection of Critical Essays__ and published the play //Ricky// (1973). Collier also began posting her literature in publications such as the Negro Digest, Black World, TV Guide, Phylon, College Language Association Journal, and the New York Times. Some of her later works include __Spread My Wings__ and __Breeder and Other Stories__.

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