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Harper, James

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Harper, James (1795–1869)

US publisher. In 1817, with his brother John Harper, he established the firm that, with his younger brothers as partners, became Harper & Brothers, one of the world's leading publishing companies. Besides publishing books, the company launched popular magazines, including Harper's Bazaar in 1867, and pioneered printing technology. Harper also served a one-year term as reform mayor of New York City (1844–45). Harper was born in Newton, Long Island, New York.



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The collection is organized chronologically and features the work of Phillis Wheatley, Frances Ellen Harper, James Weldon Johnson, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Claude McKay, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Margaret Walker and Gwendolyn Brooks.
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