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Arthenia J. Bates Millican
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'''Arthenia J. Bates Millican''' (1920 – December 13, 2012)<ref name=CLA>Rita B. Dandridge, [https://ift.tt/2qsF2O6 "In Memoriam: Arthenia Bates Jackson Millican (1920–2012)"], ''CLA Journal'', Vol. 55, No. 4 (June 2012), pp. 381–384. Published by: College Language Association</ref> was an American poet, essayist, and educator whose published writings include the books ''Seeds Beneath the Snow'' (1969), ''The Deity Nodded'' (1973), and ''Such Things from the Valley'' (1977).
==Biography==
She was born as '''Arthenia Jackson''' in [[Sumter, South Carolina]], to Baptist minister Calvin S. Jackson and his second wife, Susan Emma David Jackson.
Arthenia published her first poem, "Christmastide", when she was 16 years old and was attending [[Lincoln High School (McClellanville, South Carolina)|Lincoln High School]] (1934–37). She went on to earn a BA degree in English from Morris College (1941) and a master's from [[Clark Atlanta University]] in 1941, followed by a PhD from [[Louisiana State University]] (1972), with a thesis on [[James Weldon Johnson]] entitled "In Quest of an Afro-Centric Tradition for Black American Literature."<ref>Arthenia Bates Millican, [https://ift.tt/2QdrUHS "James Weldon Johnson: in Quest of an Afrocentric Tradition for Black American Literature"], Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, 1972. LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses.</ref><ref name=CLA />
She began teaching in South Carolina's public school system in the early 1940s, first at Westside High in Kershaw (1942–45), then at Butler High School in Hartsville (1945–46). From 1947 to 1949 she was chair of the English Department at her alma mater, Morris College in Sumter. Moving to [[Halifax, Virginia]], she married her first husband, Noah Bates (they subsequently divorced), and taught English from 1949 to 1955 at Mary Bethune High School. For a year she had a post as an English instructor at [[Mississippi Valley State]], then from 1956 to 1974 worked in the English Department at [[Southern University]], rising to the position of professor. During this time she married her second husband, Wilbur Millican, and received critical acclaim for her writing, which appeared in such publications as ''National Poetry Anthology'', ''Negro American Literature Forum'', ''Scriptiana'', ''[[The Negro Digest]]'', ''The Last Cookie'', and ''[[Obsidian]]'', as well as in three books – two collections of short stories and a novel.<ref name=CLA />
==Selected bibliography==
===Books===
* ''Seeds Beneath the Snow'' (short stories), 1969
* ''The Deity Nodded'' (novel), 1973
* ''Such Things from the Valley'' (short stories), 1977
===Thesis===
* [https://ift.tt/2qqKMb7 "The Autobiography of an Idea"], ''African American Review'', Vol. 27, Issue 1, Spring 1993, pp. 25ff.
===Short stories===
* [https://ift.tt/2Qhh1op "A Note from Cell Thirty-three"], in ''New Orleans Review'', Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring 1988, pp. 48–52.
==Legacy==
The AJBM Literary Foundation was established in 2008 by her family, with her nephew Rick Jones as executive director, to recognize and preserve the contributions and legacy of Arthenia Jackson Bates Millican, with goals that include building "literary, and arts and culture appreciation across generations".<ref>[https://ift.tt/2qqkCFh "Cultural Dimensions: What Makes Us Different, Makes Us Better"], ''Black News'', SC Black Media Group Inc., February 17, 2011.</ref><ref>Ivy Moore, [https://ift.tt/2QmJw4c "Music, dance, visual art, spoken word coming to Patriot Hall March 10-11"]. ''The Sumter Item'', March 4, 2018.</ref>
Millican was postumously inducted into the South Carolina Academy of Authors in April 2017.<ref>Ivy Moore, [https://ift.tt/2qz4rWt "Sumter native named to Academy of Authors"], ''The Sumter Item'', April 16, 2017.</ref>
==References==
==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/2QhnI9Q "Poetry by Arthenia J.Bates Millican"], 365 Degrees.
[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century American women writers]]
[[Category:African-American women writers]]
==Biography==
She was born as '''Arthenia Jackson''' in [[Sumter, South Carolina]], to Baptist minister Calvin S. Jackson and his second wife, Susan Emma David Jackson.
Arthenia published her first poem, "Christmastide", when she was 16 years old and was attending [[Lincoln High School (McClellanville, South Carolina)|Lincoln High School]] (1934–37). She went on to earn a BA degree in English from Morris College (1941) and a master's from [[Clark Atlanta University]] in 1941, followed by a PhD from [[Louisiana State University]] (1972), with a thesis on [[James Weldon Johnson]] entitled "In Quest of an Afro-Centric Tradition for Black American Literature."<ref>Arthenia Bates Millican, [https://ift.tt/2QdrUHS "James Weldon Johnson: in Quest of an Afrocentric Tradition for Black American Literature"], Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, 1972. LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses.</ref><ref name=CLA />
She began teaching in South Carolina's public school system in the early 1940s, first at Westside High in Kershaw (1942–45), then at Butler High School in Hartsville (1945–46). From 1947 to 1949 she was chair of the English Department at her alma mater, Morris College in Sumter. Moving to [[Halifax, Virginia]], she married her first husband, Noah Bates (they subsequently divorced), and taught English from 1949 to 1955 at Mary Bethune High School. For a year she had a post as an English instructor at [[Mississippi Valley State]], then from 1956 to 1974 worked in the English Department at [[Southern University]], rising to the position of professor. During this time she married her second husband, Wilbur Millican, and received critical acclaim for her writing, which appeared in such publications as ''National Poetry Anthology'', ''Negro American Literature Forum'', ''Scriptiana'', ''[[The Negro Digest]]'', ''The Last Cookie'', and ''[[Obsidian]]'', as well as in three books – two collections of short stories and a novel.<ref name=CLA />
==Selected bibliography==
===Books===
* ''Seeds Beneath the Snow'' (short stories), 1969
* ''The Deity Nodded'' (novel), 1973
* ''Such Things from the Valley'' (short stories), 1977
===Thesis===
* [https://ift.tt/2qqKMb7 "The Autobiography of an Idea"], ''African American Review'', Vol. 27, Issue 1, Spring 1993, pp. 25ff.
===Short stories===
* [https://ift.tt/2Qhh1op "A Note from Cell Thirty-three"], in ''New Orleans Review'', Vol. 15, No. 1, Spring 1988, pp. 48–52.
==Legacy==
The AJBM Literary Foundation was established in 2008 by her family, with her nephew Rick Jones as executive director, to recognize and preserve the contributions and legacy of Arthenia Jackson Bates Millican, with goals that include building "literary, and arts and culture appreciation across generations".<ref>[https://ift.tt/2qqkCFh "Cultural Dimensions: What Makes Us Different, Makes Us Better"], ''Black News'', SC Black Media Group Inc., February 17, 2011.</ref><ref>Ivy Moore, [https://ift.tt/2QmJw4c "Music, dance, visual art, spoken word coming to Patriot Hall March 10-11"]. ''The Sumter Item'', March 4, 2018.</ref>
Millican was postumously inducted into the South Carolina Academy of Authors in April 2017.<ref>Ivy Moore, [https://ift.tt/2qz4rWt "Sumter native named to Academy of Authors"], ''The Sumter Item'', April 16, 2017.</ref>
==References==
==External links==
* [https://ift.tt/2QhnI9Q "Poetry by Arthenia J.Bates Millican"], 365 Degrees.
[[Category:1920 births]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century American women writers]]
[[Category:African-American women writers]]
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