The Harlem Renaissance was a movement in United States history that reflected the progress of African American citizens. Harlem, a small neighborhood of New York City, was a community where African American people could explore their talents in various categories of the arts, which included brilliant writers and poets. Angelina Weld Grimké was not from Harlem; however, she is considered a forerunner to the Harlem movement (Webb). Authors of the Harlem Renaissance era believe Grimké significantly impacted African American literature (Webb). Grimké was born on February 27, 1880 in Boston, Massachusetts (Webb). Grimké became a writer for newspapers and journal publications as well as an advocate of suffrage for women and the African American community (Webb). During her lifetime, Grimké composed thirty-one short stories, two plays, and roughly two hundred poems (Webb).…show more content… Popular belief is that Angelina Weld Grimké’s poem, titled “Tenebris”, addressed the horrendous racial brutality of African Americans; however, the work is also representative of the social divisions due to prejudice between African Americans and
