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24 de nov. de 2019 · Anne Spencer, born Annie Bethel Bannister (February 6, 1882 – July 27, 1975), was a poet, teacher, librarian, gardener, and civil rights activist. She’s best remembered as a prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. In this sampling of poems by Anne Spencer, we experience her affinity for nature, love, and life itself.
Dunbar. By Anne Spencer. Ah, how poets sing and die! Make one song and Heaven takes it; Have one heart and Beauty breaks it; Chatterton, Shelley, Keats and I—. Ah, how poets sing and die! Source: The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922) Ah, how poets sing and die!
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Anne Spencer, second daughter of the first Duke of Marlborough, became Countess of Sunderland after her marriage in 1700. She is noted for her great beauty and influence in politics, and between 1702 and 1712 she served as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne.
Anne Spencer was born Annie Bethel Scales Bannister to Joel Cephus Bannister and Sarah Louise Scales on February 6, 1882, on a farm in Henry County, Virginia. Both parents were of mixed lineage. Her father, born a slave in Henry County in 1862, was of black, white, and Seminole Indian ancestry. Her mother was born about 1866 on the Rock Spring ...
Anne Spencer, nacida como Anne Bethel, el 6 de febrero de 1882, en el estado de Virginia, y murió el 27 de julio de 1975, en Virginia, fue una poeta estadounidense. Su padre fue esclavo en una plantación y fue liberado con la abolición. Anne pudo estudiar, recibirse de maestra y trabajar en una escuela para negros. Una parte de su vida, trabajó como bibliotecaria. Se casó con Charles ...
6 de feb. de 2021 · Shaun Spencer-Hester, one of Anne’s 10 grandchildren, fondly remembers playing in her grandmother’s garden and now relishes helping to preserve her remarkable legacy at the museum, which she lives nearby. As Spencer-Hester recounts, her grandmother's life was lived against the relentless friction of racism and sexism.
