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Angelina Grimke

American journalist, teacher, playwright and poet who came to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance. She was one of the first women of color to have a play publicly performed.

Not to be confused with her great-aunt Angelina Emily Grimké, an abolitionist author.


“The ground upon which you stand is holy ground:never-never surrender it.”
Angelina Grimke
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“it matters not what we have been but this an always this: what we shall be.”
Angelina Grimke
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