Angelina Weld Grimke Collection, 1887-1958

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Angelina Weld Grimke Collection, 1887-1958

1887-1958

https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_manu/83/

In honor of his aunt, Angelina Emily Grimke Weld (1805- 1875), a noted abolitionist and feminist, Archibald Grimke named his daughter, the only child: Angelina Weld Grimke. Angelina Weld Grimke (1880-1958) was a prolific author of poetry, drama, and short stories. Among her most noted writings are, the plays "Rachel" published in 1921, and the poem "The Black Finger", first published in Opportunity in 1923.

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Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University

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Grimké, Angelina Weld, 1880-1958

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Angelina Weld Grimké wa born February 27, 1880, in Boston, Massachusetts. Her father, Archibald Grimké, was  the second African American to graduate from Harvard Law School. Angelina was named for her father's white aunt, Angelina Grimké Weld, a prominent abolitionist. She was one of the first American women of color to have a play publicly performed; her plays were on the theme of racial violence. Grimké wrote essays, short stories and poems which were published in The Crisis, the newspaper of ...