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Cheryl Wall (Cheryl Ann Wall) was born on 29 October, 1948 in Manhattan, New York, US, is an American literary critic (1948–2020). Discover Cheryl Wall's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Cheryl Ann Wall
Occupation Literary critic, academic
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 29 October, 1948
Birthday 29 October
Birthplace Manhattan, New York, US
Date of death 6 April, 2020
Died Place Highland Park, New Jersey
Nationality United States

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1948

Cheryl A. Wall (October 29, 1948 – April 4, 2020) was a literary critic and professor of English at Rutgers University.

One of the first black women to head an English department at a major research university, she worked for diversity in the literary canon as well as in the classroom.

She specialized in black women's writing, particularly the Harlem Renaissance and Zora Neale Hurston.

She edited several volumes of Hurston's writings for the Library of America.

She was also a section editor for The Norton Anthology of African American Literature and was on the editorial boards of American Literature, African American Review and Signs.

1972

Wall began her association with Rutgers University teaching there in 1972, and she would become a founder of the Rutgers English Diversity Institute, to encourage greater diversity among graduate students, as a result of which all English majors were required to complete a course in African-American literature.

1978

Wall had a lifelong commitment to African-American arts and culture and was the founding board chair of the Crossroads Theater Company, the first Black Theater in New Jersey, founded by two Rutgers graduates, Ricardo Khan and Lee Richardson in 1978.

Cheryl Ann Wall was born in Manhattan, New York, and was raised in Jamaica, Queens.

Her father Rev. Monroe Wall was a pastor of Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Harlem, and her mother, Rennie Ray (née Strayhorn) Wall, was an English teacher in New York City public schools.

Cheryl attended Rhodes Preparatory School in Manhattan, and studied piano under Margaret Bonds.

She went on to earn a B.A. degree in English from Howard University and her Ph.D from Harvard University on a Ford Foundation scholarship.

2007

An award-winning researcher and teacher, she was named the Board of Governors Zora Neale Hurston Professor in 2007.

2020

Wall died of complications from an asthma attack, at her home in Highland Park, New Jersey, on April 4, 2020, aged 71.

Wall is survived by her daughter, Camara Epps.