Born: April 4, 1928 as Marguerite Ann Johnson Nationality: United States Magnum Opus: Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘Fore I Die (1971) Influences: Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Edger Allan Poe, James Weldon Johnson, Frances Harper, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Anne Spencer, and Jessie Faucet How she started: At a young age, Miss Johnson [...]