Angelina Weld Grimké
1880–1958 (age 78)
Writer
Biography
Angelina Weld Grimké, whose poetry and plays captured the beauty and pain of Black life, lifted her pen in works such as "Rachel" and essays in The Crisis to insist on equality and truth.
She also nurtured young minds as a teacher and used her voice to calm and inspire activists, leaving behind a body of literature celebrated for its lyrical strength.