Charles W. Chesnutt, American lawyer, author, and activist (born 1858)

Charles W. Chesnutt

Writer, activist, and lawyer (1858–1932)

Charles Waddell Chesnutt was an American author, essayist, political activist, and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Civil War South. Two of his books were adapted as silent films in 1926 and…