Draft:Cleveland G. Allen

Cleveland G. Allen (1887 - 1953) was a journalist, activist, and musician.

He was from Greeneville, South Carolina where he attended Union High School.

Allen protested D. W. Griffith's film Birth of a Nation. He also wrote against the commercialization of "negro" sprirituals.

He moved to New York around 1902.

He wrote the article "The Negro's Contribution to American Music".