MUMBO JUMBO’S
HISTORICAL FIGURES
Selected Historical Characters
Warren G. Harding (U.S. President, 192123) and members of his administration
(Attorney General Harry Daugherty)
Image source: Library of Congress
Benoit Batraville (leader
in rebellion against U.S.
occupation of Haiti,
reported to have
decapitated Lieutenant
Lawrence Muth before
eating his heart and liver
in a Voodoo ritual)
Historically Based Character
Carl Van
Vecten
(Hinckle Von
Vampton)
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Music and dance critic,
essayist, novelist and
photographer
Hosted tours of Harlem
nightclubs
Published Nigger Heaven
(1926)
Promoted Harlem Renaissance
writers, but motives behind
interest in African American
art/artists critiqued
Image source: The Beinecke Library
Selected Historical Characters
A’Lelia
Walker
(Chapter 51)
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Daughter of Madam C.J.
Walker and president of
Walker Manufacturing
Company
Patron of Harlem
Renaissance artists
Hosted parties and
literary salons at her
Harlem townhouse, “The
Dark Tower,” and estate
Villa Lewaro
Image source: Drop Me off in Harlem