May Miller, married name May Sullivan (born Jan. 26, 1899, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died Feb. 8, 1995, Washington, D.C.), African-American playwright and poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance in New York City during the 1920s. The daughter of a Howard University sociologist, Miller grew up in an intellectual household in which W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington were frequent guests. She graduated from Howard University in 1920, earning an award […]
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