Hughes Allison was the first author of a black detective story in 'Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'. Allison was a playwright and writer of pulp fiction. Hughes Allison was born in Greenville, South Carolina in 1908. His family moved to Newark, New Jersey in 1919. Allison attended Bergen Street Grammar School, Barringer High School, and Upsala […]
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