Henrietta Vinton Davis

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Henrietta Vinton Davis was an African American elocutionist, actress, and activist who became a prominent leader in Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association in the early 20th century.

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Henrietta Vinton Davis canonical 2

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instanceOf African American activist ⓘ
Garveyite ⓘ
elocutionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actress ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
burialPlace National Harmony Memorial Park, Maryland, United States ⓘ
closeCollaborator Marcus Garvey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1860-08-25 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1941-11-23 ⓘ
employer United States Government ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Davis ⓘ
fullName Henrietta Vinton Davis ⓘ
givenName Henrietta ⓘ
hasInfluenced African American performance traditions ⓘ
Garveyist theatre ⓘ
knownFor leadership in the Universal Negro Improvement Association ⓘ
pioneering African American dramatic performance ⓘ
public speaking and elocution ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League ⓘ
movement Black nationalism ⓘ
Pan-Africanism ⓘ
notableWork Shakespearean dramatic recitals ⓘ
dramatic readings of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s poetry ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
elocutionist ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
partOf early 20th-century Black nationalist movement ⓘ
performedIn Caribbean ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
United States ⓘ
placeOfBirth Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Acting President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association ⓘ
Fourth Assistant President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association ⓘ
International Organizer of the Universal Negro Improvement Association ⓘ
clerk in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Kingston, Jamaica ⓘ
London, United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: London, England

New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City

Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender female ⓘ

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Henrietta → hasNotableBearer → Henrietta Vinton Davis ⓘ
Henrietta Vinton Davis → fullName → Henrietta Vinton Davis ⓘ