Meriwether, Louise (1923–)
Meriwether, Louise (1923–)
African-American biographer and novelist. Born May 8, 1923, in Haverstraw, NY; dau. of Marion Loyd Jenkins and Julia Jenkins; m. Angelo Meriwether; m. Earl Howe.
Wrote novel Daddy Was a Number Runner (1970), and biographies The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls (1971), The Heart Man: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams (1972), and Don't Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story (1973).
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