Larry Neal

Larry Neal
Born	Lawrence Paul Neal (1937-09-05)September 5, 1937 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died	January 6, 1981(1981-01-06) (aged 43) Hamilton, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), University of Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)	Writer, poet, critic and academic
Spouse	Evelyn Rodgers (m. 1965)
Scientific career
Institutions	City College of New York. Wesleyan University. Yale University

Larry Neal or Lawrence Neal (September 5, 1937 – January 6, 1981) was an American writer, poet, critic and academic. He was a notable scholar of African-American theater, well known for his contributions to the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. He was a major influence in both New York and Chicago,^[1] pushing for black culture to focus less on integration with White culture, rather than celebrating its differences within an equally important and meaningful artistic and political field, thus celebrating Black heritage.