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Azalia E. Martin (Author Page)

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Not a great deal is known about poet Azalia E. Martin, born in 1878 in Kansas. 

She published several poems in Voice of the Negro and Colored American Magazine between 1900-1910, but appears not to have continued to write after around 1907. Three that are worth noting might be, "A Song to Afric's Great" (1903),  "Is Justice Color Blind" (1904), and "A Protest" (1906). 

She is also mentioned in various African American newspapers published in Kansas between 1895-1900. In 1902, she published a poem in the Topeka, Kansas newspaper, The State Ledger, "Roll-Call of the Great."  That poem appears to be based on a convention for the Black Press she attended.

One complexity in search for more materials about this writer is that there is also a figure named Azalea E Martin, who appears to have been born a little later (1893) in Alabama. They are different people. 

 

Contents of this path:

  1. Azalia E. Martin, "A Song to Afric's Great" (1903)
  2. Azalia E. Martin, "Alice of Long Ago" (1904)
  3. Azalia E. Martin, "Ecstasy" (1907)
  4. Azalia E. Martin, "Is Justice Color Blind" (1904)
  5. Azalia E. Martin, "Little Maid" (1905)
  6. Azalia E. Martin, "Roll-Call of the Great" (1904)
  7. Azalia E. Martin, "The Western Negro Press" (1902)
  8. Azalia E. Martin, "Twilight" (1904)
  9. Azalia E. Martin, "Winter" (1905)
  10. Azalia E. Martin, "The Curse of Gold" (1906)
  11. Azalia E. Martin, "A Protest" (1906)