The poet William Waring Cuney (1906-1976) hails from an
illustrious Afro-Texan family whose members include the charismatic politician
Norris Wright Cuney (1846-1898) and his daughter, Maud Cuney Hare (1874-1936),
the concert pianist and writer. Waring Cuney's maternal line, after whom he was
named, was equally eminent. Cuney was born and raised in Washington, DC, just a few
blocks from Howard University where three generations...