Christina Moody

In 1910 at the age of sixteen she published a book of poems titled, 'Tiny Spark' and also wrote a book that same year on the East St. Louis Riots. At least one of the books was published by a black family owned publishing company in Washington DC., Murray Brothers Printing Company (Washington, D.C.), Publisher Murray Brothers Press, 1910

I've been trying to find out more about this young woman ... what I've come up with so far is that I believe she was born somewhere in North Carolina and her family eventually relocated to the District of Columbia. To my knowledge she was the author of two books of poetry, the above referenced book of poems and 'The Story of the East St. Louis Riot' (1917). At some point she eventually taught home economics at and was the school secretary at Deanwood School in Washington, DC.

She married Robert Briggs on December 18, 1912. He died just seven years after their marriage. The couple had one child, a son Robert Briggs, MD. He practiced medicine and resided in Indianapolis, Indiana. He married Virginia Ross Briggs. He died at the age of 74 in 1990.

You can read A Tiny Spark (free):
archive.org/details/tinyspark00mood/mode/2up