Gwendolyn B. Bennett

Gwendolyn B. Bennet (1902-1981) was a Black American writer who contributed greatly to the Harlem Rennaisance. She is cheifly remembered for her column ''The Ebony Flute'' in the periodical ''Opportunity'', which chronicled cultural advancements in Harlem. Though often overlooked, she herself made considerable accomplishements in poetry and prose. She is perhaps best known for her short story, Wedding Day which was published in the sole issue of ''Fire'', Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Wallace Thurman's radical 1926 periodical.

Her work is featured in numerous anthologies of the period, including the following:

Countee Cullen's ''Caroling Dusk'' (1924) Allain Locke's ''The New Negro'' (1925) William Braithwaite's ''Yearbook of American Poetry'' (1927)