Lifestyle
5 Black innovators who changed the plant world
(Ariel Rucker Ehlers / For The Occasions)
Spencer was an excellent American poet of the Harlem Renaissance, a civil rights activist and a passionate gardener. Her life story is an instance of the facility of Black girls in essentially the most hostile settings. The Anne Spencer Home & Backyard Museum is positioned in Lynchburg, Va., and is a testomony to the facility of the backyard as a spot of inspiration and sanctuary.