Anne spencer

Harlem Renaissance poet Anne Spencer lived her entire life in Virginia, where she tended her garden, worked as a librarian and teacher, hosted luminaries of Black intellectual and cultural life, and fought for equal rights for African Americans. Soon after her birth, the family moved to Martinsville, VA, where Spencer's father opened a saloon. She distinguished herself as a student of literature and languages and graduated as valedictorian in Spencer then taught for two years before marrying Edward Alexander Spencer in The two had been students together — Edward tutored Annie in math and science, while Annie helped Edward with languages.

Edward became the first African-American postman in Lynchburg, as well as an entrepreneur in construction and business. In they moved into a Queen Anne style home in Lynchburg that Edward had designed and built.

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They lived in that house for the rest of their lives. Chauncey became a pioneer aviator who fought for greater opportunities for African-American pilots. Spencer possessed a lifelong determination to improve conditions for African Americans in her community. It was through her civil rights work that she began her career as a poet. Spencer and her husband frequently hosted Black travelers in their home, as African Americans were barred from staying at local inns and hotels due to Jim Crow segregation.