Burroughs, Margaret Taylor (1917–)
Burroughs, Margaret Taylor (1917–)
African-American poet and sculptor. Name variations: Margaret Taylor; Margaret Goss Burroughs; Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs. Born Margaret Taylor, Nov 1, 1917, in Saint Rose Parish, Louisiana; dau. of Octavia Pierre Taylor and Alexander Taylor; graduate of Chicago Normal College (now Chicago State University), 1937; m. Bernard Goss (artist), 1939 (div.); m. Charles Gordon Burroughs (poet), 1949; children: (1st m.) Gayle Goss Toller; (2nd m.) Paul Burroughs (adopted).
With 2nd husband Charles Gordon Burroughs, founded Dusable Museum of African American Heritage in Chicago (1961); appointed commissioner with Chicago Park District (1986); writings include Jasper, The Drummin' Boy (1947), What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black? (1963) and Africa, My Africa (1970); edited Did You Feed My Cow? Rhymes and Games from City Streets and Country Lanes (1955) and (with Dudley Randall) For Malcolm: Poems on the Life and Death of Malcolm X (1967).