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Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the most famous poet's during the Harlem Renaissance. In Douglas's poems she focused on writing about African American females and the difficulties they had faced during this period of time. She was successful with her first two volumes of poetry and by the third one she had written, known as "An Autumn Love Cycle" which gained her the name as the first African American woman to get an extreme amount of national attention from her poems since Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Not only was she known for her very gentle, soft toned heartfelt poems, she was also known for her plays which she had began writing in 1926. Her poems would leave a dramatic impact on the audience and were scripted very well. One of the best plays she is known to have made was Blue Blood which in 1926 got an honorable mention in the Opportunity Play contest and then the year after got first place again. During the time period of 1926 to 1932 she has achieved multiple things such as writing her short stories, starting a letter club and published a newspaper column called "Homely Philosophy". Throughout her life she had written 200 poems, 28 plays and 31 short stories which is a pretty great achievement to have especially during this period of time. In 1962, she then published her last poetry book called "Share My World". Throughout "Share My World" and the poems inside, they reflect on love towards all people and forgiveness which shows how much wisdom she has gained throughout her entire life. In 1965 Atlanta University had presented Douglas with a honorary doctorate of literature which praised her for all the accomplishments she has had and for the great woman she was and still is known as.