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Ellen Tarry (September 26, 1906 \u2013 September 23, 2008) was an African-American<\/a> author of literature for young adults. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama<\/a>. Although raised in the Congregational Church, she converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922. She attended Alabama State Normal School, now Alabama State University, and became a teacher in Birmingham. At the same time, she began writing a column for the local African-American newspaper entitled \u201cNegroes of Note<\/em>\u201c, which focused on racial injustice and promoted racial pride. In 1929, she moved to New York City in hope of becoming a writer. There she befriended such Harlem Renaissance<\/a> literary figures as Langston Hughes<\/a>, Claude McKay<\/a> and Countee Cullen<\/a>.
Tarry has published four picture books: 1940\u2019s Janie Belle<\/em> (illustrated by Myrtle Sheldon), 1942\u2019s Hezekiah Horton<\/em> (illustrated by Oliver Harrington), 1946\u2019s My Dog Rinty<\/em> in collaboration with Caldecott Medal<\/a> winner Marie Hall Ets<\/em><\/a> (photographs by Alexander and Alexandra Alland), concerning a Harlem family and their mischievous pet, and 1950\u2019s The Runaway Elephant<\/em> (again illustrated by Harrington), which continued the relationships started in Hezekiah Horton<\/em>. Tarry\u2019s The Third Door: The Autobiography of an American Negro Woman<\/em> from 1955 tells of her life in the South, her migration to New York City, her friendship with McKay, and her deep commitment to Catholicism. Tarry was co-founder, along with Catherine Doherty<\/a>, of Harlem\u2019s Friendship House<\/a>, a Catholic outreach center promoting interracial friendship. Tarry\u2019s biographies include Katherine Drexel: Friend of the Neglected, Pierre Toussaint: Apostle of Old New York, The Other Toussaint: A Post-Revolutionary Black,<\/em> and Martin de Porres, Saint of the New World<\/em>. Tarry died on September 23, 2008, three days before her 102nd birthday. She had one daughter, Elizabeth Tarry Patton, from a brief marriage.<\/div>\n
Tarry has published four picture books: 1940\u2019s Janie Belle<\/em> (illustrated by Myrtle Sheldon), 1942\u2019s Hezekiah Horton<\/em> (illustrated by Oliver Harrington), 1946\u2019s My Dog Rinty<\/em> in collaboration with Caldecott Medal<\/a> winner Marie Hall Ets<\/em><\/a> (photographs by Alexander and Alexandra Alland), concerning a Harlem family and their mischievous pet, and 1950\u2019s The Runaway Elephant<\/em> (again illustrated by Harrington), which continued the relationships started in Hezekiah Horton<\/em>. Tarry\u2019s The Third Door: The Autobiography of an American Negro Woman<\/em> from 1955 tells of her life in the South, her migration to New York City, her friendship with McKay, and her deep commitment to Catholicism. Tarry was co-founder, along with Catherine Doherty<\/a>, of Harlem\u2019s Friendship House<\/a>, a Catholic outreach center promoting interracial friendship. Tarry\u2019s biographies include Katherine Drexel: Friend of the Neglected, Pierre Toussaint: Apostle of Old New York, The Other Toussaint: A Post-Revolutionary Black,<\/em> and Martin de Porres, Saint of the New World<\/em>. Tarry died on September 23, 2008, three days before her 102nd birthday. She had one daughter, Elizabeth Tarry Patton, from a brief marriage.<\/div>\n
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