Jessie Fauset, a 1921 Pan-African Congress delegate, was nearly denied a passport. The government had to be convinced, by references & interviews, that the female editor of one of the first Black periodicals was “a worthy citizen.”

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Anne Spencer was a widely anthologized Harlem Renaissance poet and activist. In 1973, she became one of the first African American women poets featured in the Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry.
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The Black Finger, a poem by Angelina Weld Grimké
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WORD-WONDERS... Marita Bonner was a prolific writer of short stories, essays, and plays. With a lyrical, imaginative, and sometimes experimental writing style, she addressed themes of racism, gender bias, and economic hardship.

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In national Harlem Renaissance literary contests, NEARLY HALF of the award-winning poems were by WOMEN. This first-place poem by Lucy Ariel Williams is distinct because Williams did what women weren't expected to do—use dialect.

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WORDWEAVER: Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) was a prolific writer, a diligent activist, and an essential contributor to the Harlem Renaissance.

(See Essential Short Stories by Women of the Harlem Renaissance: Vol 1.)

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A passionate and prolific writer, Angelina Grimké’s impressive body of poetry focuses on love and longing. Her short stories and her ground-breaking play, Rachel, were strong indictments of racial injustice.
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Anne Spencer is a celebrated Harlem Renaissance poet and activist. Her home in Lynchburg VA, the hub of her diligent activism and Harlem Renaissance literary salons, is now the Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum.
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