CARRIE ALLEN MCCRAY

'Carrie Allen McCray' is an African-American writer born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on October 4, 1913, whose published works include ''Ajös Means Goodbye'' (1966), ''The Black Woman and Family Roles'' (1980), and her first-person memoir, ''Freedom’s Child: The Life of a Confederate General’s Black Daughter'' (1998). Her poems have appeared in such magazines as ''Ms.'' and ''The River Styx''.
McCray is one of the founders and first board members of the South Carolina Writers Workshop, and is the namesake for its literary award. She is also a member of the Board of Governors of the South Carolina Academy of Authors.
Carrie Allen McCray, who has made her home in Columbia, South Carolina, since 1986, is the widow of John H. McCray, a South Carolina journalist and civil and political rights activist.

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"I never thought of myself as a writer — only as a social worker and teacher who wrote and loved to write. For me, it had to be validated. It took ''Freedom’s Child'' to do that."

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★ Biographical Listing from University of South Carolina

★ Listing from African-American Registry

★ Article from Harvard University Gazette