{"id":215112,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/215112-olivia-ward-bush-banks-featured-biography","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/215112","headline":"Olivia Ward Bush-Banks || Featured Biography","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOlivia Ward Bush-Banks \u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(1869–1944)\u0026nbsp;|\u0026nbsp;Kudos 365 History Series\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlivia Ward Bush-Banks was an American poet, playwright, journalist, educator, and tribal historian whose writing brought African American and Montaukett Native American experiences together at a time when both were frequently excluded from mainstream literature. Her poetry explored ancestry, faith, racial injustice, remembrance, and the search for dignity, while her educational and theatrical work helped create opportunities for a younger generation of Black artists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","content_plain":"Olivia Ward Bush-Banks  (1869–1944) | Kudos 365 History SeriesOlivia Ward Bush-Banks was an American poet, playwright, journalist, educator, and tribal historian whose writing brought African American and Montaukett Native American experiences together at a time when both were frequently excluded from mainstream literature. Her poetry explored ancestry, faith, racial injustice, remembrance, and the search for dignity, while her educational and theatrical work helped create opportunities for a younger generation of Black artists.","published_at":"2026-11-11T02:29:01-08:00","updated_at":"2026-11-11T02:30:02-08:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"Kronos","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297887-kronos"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with Once Upon the Time on Kudos365. View their photo published Nov/11/2026 on Biographies. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"photo","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/vazYqoG4SjONWX5yR5h2_ChatGPT%20Image%20Sep%203,%202026,%2011_34_11%20PM%20-%20FINAL%20RECTANGULAR.png?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Biographies","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1090-biographies"},{"name":"History","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/953-history"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/215112-olivia-ward-bush-banks-featured-biography","headline":"Olivia Ward Bush-Banks || Featured Biography","image":"https://k365fs.imgix.net/media/vazYqoG4SjONWX5yR5h2_ChatGPT%20Image%20Sep%203,%202026,%2011_34_11%20PM%20-%20FINAL%20RECTANGULAR.png?auto=compress,format\u0026fit=max\u0026w=1200\u0026h=1200\u0026q=48","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kronos","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297887-kronos"},"datePublished":"2026-11-11T02:29:01-08:00","subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Biographies","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1090-biographies"},{"@type":"Thing","name":"History","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/953-history"}]}}