As the first-born son of Dillard University President Albert W. Dent and classical pianist Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent, Thomas C. Dent was a poet, jazz scholar, essayist, playwright, oral historian, journalist and cultural activist.
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As the first-born son of Dillard University President Albert W. Dent and classical pianist Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent, Thomas C. Dent was a poet, jazz scholar, essayist, playwright, oral historian, journalist and cultural activist.