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Person Detail: Angelina Weld Grimke
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| Full Name: Angelina Weld Grimke | ||
| Biography: (1880-1958) Poet, playwright. Angelina Weld Grimke lived in Manhattan, New York. She was a writer of the Harlem Renaissance. Her play "Rachel" (1916) was said by critics to be "…the first successful drama written by a Negro and interpreted by Negro actors." Another well-known work of hers is the short story "The Closing Door." Her poems were published in the magazines "The Crisis" and "Opportunity" and in Countee Cullen's anthology, "Caroling Dusk" (1927). |
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| 1880 |
(Unknown) County Angelina Weld Grimke was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1880. |
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| 1916 |
(Unknown) County Rachel Said by critics to be "…the first successful drama written by a Negro and interpreted by Negro actors." The play was produced in Washington, D.C. in 1916 and published in 1920. |
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| 1919 |
(Unknown) County The Closing Door (Pub: The Birth Control Review. ISBN: ) Short story. |
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| 1958 |
(Unknown) County Angelina Grimke died in New York City in 1958. |
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New York County Grimke lived in Manhattan, New York. |
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Kings County Grimke lived her later years in Brooklyn, New York. |
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(Unknown) County The Eyes of My Regret Poem. |
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(Unknown) County At April Poem. |
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(Unknown) County Trees Poem. |
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