At the age of 50, Pinchback entered Straight University to study law and became a federal marshal in New York before settling for good in Washington, D.C. where he forged a connection with Booker T. Washington. Pinchback died at the age of 84 in 1921. His grandson, Jean Toomer, was a prominent Harlem Renaissance poet and writer.
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