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Octavia B. Wynbush

1898–1972

United States

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Octavia Beatrice Wynbush (1898–1972) was an African American author and educator who gained recognition during the American Civil Rights Era. Wynbush lived some of her most active years in Kansas City, Missouri, where she taught both English and German classes at Lincoln High School. Wynbush most notably published her short story, The Wishing Wheel, in 1941.

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