Midtown in Sacramento in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Alice Dunbar Nelson

19th Amendment Outdoor Museum

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 20, 2021

1. Alice Dunbar Nelson Marker

Inscription.
A bisexual poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation born free in the South after the Civil War and a daughter of a slave, she was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance. Her activism and support for certain racial and feminist causes started to appear around the early 1900s, where she publicly discussed the women's suffrage movement in the middle American states.

Erected 2020 by Maren Conrad.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Civil Rights • Women.

Location. 38° 34.543′ N, 121° 28.882′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. It is in Midtown. It is at the intersection of K Street and 19th Street, on the right when traveling east on K Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1900 K Street, Sacramento CA 95811, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Sacramento Valley

and specifically in the Central Valley.

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It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Luella Johnston (here, next to this marker); Zitkála-Šá (here, next to this marker); Jovita Idár (a few steps from this marker); Lavinia Gertrude Watson (a few steps from this marker); Jeannette Rankin (a few steps from this marker); Julie Soderlund (a few steps from this marker); Dr. Margaret 'Mike' Chung (a few steps from this marker); María Amparo Ruiz de Burton (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sacramento.

More about this marker. This is one of nineteen markers that comprise the 19th Amendment Outdoor museum, erected in 2020 as part of the "I Vote" project, honoring suffragettes and their work.

Also see . . .
1. Alice Dunbar Nelson. Wikipedia biography:
"Alice Dunbar Nelson (July 19, 1875 – September

Alice Dunbar Nelson Marker - wide view... image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 20, 2021

2. Alice Dunbar Nelson Marker - wide view...

with portraits and markers visible here for Luella Johnston (left) and Alice Dunbar Nelson (right).

18, 1935) was an American poet, journalist, and political activist. Among the first generation born free in the South after the Civil War, she was one of the prominent African Americans involved in the artistic flourishing of the Harlem Renaissance. Her first husband was the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. After his death, she then married physician Henry A. Callis; and, lastly, was married to Robert J. Nelson, a poet and civil rights activist. She achieved prominence as a poet, author of short stories and dramas, newspaper columnist, activist for women's rights, and editor of two anthologies." (Submitted on April 25, 2021.)

2. Alice Ruth Moore Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935). Black Past website entry (Submitted on April 25, 2021.)

Additional keywords. LGBT LGBTQ

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 25, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 411 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 25, 2021, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.