Eva Carter Buckner

Eva Carter Buckner (1861 – February 15, 1946) was a prominent African-American suffragist, poet, and songwriter.

Eva Carter Buckner
An African-American woman, her dark hair dressed up off her neck and shoulders; she is wearing a lace blouse with a high collar, and beads.
Eva Carter Buckner, from a 1919 publication.
Born
Eva Carter

1881
Washington, Iowa
DiedFebruary 15, 1946
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Writer (poet, songwriter); suffragist

Early life

Eva Carter was born in 1861 in Washington, Iowa. Both of her parents were from Pennsylvania.[1] As a young child, her family lived in Des Moines, Iowa, and Colorado Springs, Colorado, when she attended public school.[2] Buckner began writing poetry as a student in Colorado Springs, where she won a poetry contest run by Mrs. J. D. Robinson, the mayor's wife.[3]

Career

Writing

Buckner was a well-known poet and songwriter,[4] whose work inspired African American voices in both the suffrage movement and the civil rights movement.[2] Buckner's poetry appeared in the Denver Post, The Colorado Springs Sun, The Western Enterprise, the Advocate, and The Daily Tribune of Los Angeles. Her songs were used in both the Colorado and California meetings of Colored Women's Clubs.[3][5]

Political activity

Buckner was a member of the Los Angeles Forum of Colored Women,[6] and shared her poetry at their meetings.[2][7] She was also active in the NAACP,[8] working for the NAACP school committee of Los Angeles.[2]

As former chair of suffrage for the California State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, she was among the activists invited to comment on the death of Anna Howard Shaw in 1919.[9] In 1922, she campaigned for Friend W. Richardson in the California gubernatorial race. In 1928, she was general chair of outreach to black women for the Herbert Hoover presidential campaign in southern California.[10]

Personal life

Eva Carter Buckner moved to Los Angeles around 1910.[2] She was married to Edward Buckner; they had three children: Mabel, Eugenia, and Garrie.[2] Eva Carter Buckner died February 15, 1946, in Los Angeles.[2]

References
  1. Smith, Sode. "Biographical Sketch of Eva Carter Buckner". Alexander Street. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. "Biographical Sketch of Eva Carter Buckner | Alexander Street, a ProQuest Company". search.alexanderstreet.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  3. Beasley, Delilah Leontium (1919). The Negro Trail Blazers of California: A Compilation of Records from the California Archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, in Berkeley; and from the Diaries, Old Papers, and Conversations of Old Pioneers in the State of California ... Times Mirror printing and binding house. p. 229.
  4. "Colorado Springs". The Statesman. 1905-03-31. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-06-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Negro Women's Clubs Convene". The Los Angeles Times. 1918-07-24. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-06-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Los Angeles Forum Celebrates". Oakland Tribune. 1932-04-03. p. 33. Retrieved 2020-06-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Los Angeles Forum Celebrates". Oakland Tribune. April 3, 1932. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  8. "Mayor to be Guest at Colored People Association Meeting". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1916-11-07. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-06-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "A Woman of Vision". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1919-07-07. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-06-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Hoover Drive to Open Here". The Los Angeles Times. 1928-09-25. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-06-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  • Eva Carter Buckner, "The Man of Faith, The Man of Love" Los Angeles Evening Express (December 12, 1921): 26. A poem by Buckner, about Ferdinand Foch.
  • Eva Carter Buckner, "Let's Go" The Ottawa Guardian (January 31, 1919): 2. A poem by Buckner, about African-American troops in World War I.
  • Eva Carter Buckner, "Onward" Denver Statesman (June 8, 1906): 15. A song written by Buckner, sung by the Colorado Federation of Colored Women's Clubs at their 1906 meeting.
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