"Bessie Frazier was born in Brooklyn, New York. She received her
B.A. degree from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee and her
M.A. degree from Montclair State College in New Je...view more"Bessie Frazier was born in Brooklyn, New York. She received her
B.A. degree from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee and her
M.A. degree from Montclair State College in New Jersey.
While at Fisk, she became a member of the Fisk Writer's
Workshop, under the well known author John Oliver Killens.
She completed Post-Graduate work at Brooklyn College and
New York University. Her majors were English, Education, and
Sociology. She taught Middle School in Brooklyn, New York and
New Jersey for over 30 years.
She is the author of poems, stories, plays, and positive raps.
She has performed for schools, colleges, churches and special
interest groups. Her work has appeared in anthologies, magazines
and other sources, as well as being featured in Who's who in the
East. Students have performed her work in schools, and she has
received countless letters of praise from electrified readers."view less