Countee Cullen
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Countee Cullen was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright, particularly well known during the Harlem Renaissance.
Cullen on his wedding day with Yolande Du Bois in 1928.
Cullen in Central Park in 1941, photo by Carl Van Vechten
The grave of Countee Cullen in Woodlawn Cemetery. (The stone is shared with Robert L. Cooper, the second husband (1953–1966) of Cullen's wife Ida.)
Jimmie Lunceford
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James Melvin Lunceford was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era.
Countee Cullen
…family were likely also vacationing in the area when they first met. While at Fisk, Yolande had had a romantic relationship with the jazz saxophonist Jimmie Lunceford. However, her father disapproved of Lunceford. The relationship ended after Yolande accepted her father's preference of a marriage to Cullen. The wedding…
Jimmie Lunceford August 1946
Lunceford (left) with trombonist Trummy Young
Lunceford, c. 1943