Wallace Thurman
Wallace Henry Thurman was an American novelist and screenwriter active during the Harlem Renaissance. He also wrote essays, worked as an editor, and was a publisher of short-lived newspapers and literary journals. He is best known for his novel The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Negro Life (1929), which explores discrimination within the black community based on skin color, with lighter skin being more highly valued.
16 August 1902
Born on the same birth date (16 August 1902): Georgette Heyer
Born on the same birth day (16 August): Albert Cohen (novelist) • Fritz Von Erich • Ian Deans • Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster • Seth Peterson • Taika Waititi • Yevstigney Fomin
Born in the same month (August 1902): Alfredo Binda • Angel Karaliychev • Arne Tiselius • Christian de Castries • Fernand Braudel • Jan Campert • Leni Riefenstahl • Lloyd Nolan • Margaret Murie • Mina Rees • Mohammad Hatta • Norma Shearer • Paul Dirac • Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria • Stefan Wolpe • Thomas Pelly