▁In ▁the ▁years ▁since , ▁however , ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁recognized ▁as ▁a ▁prec ursor ▁to ▁the ▁Har lem ▁Renaissance . ▁It ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁examples ▁of ▁this ▁political ▁and ▁cultural ▁movement ▁to ▁explore ▁the ▁historical ▁roots ▁of ▁African ▁Americans . ▁ ▁Gr im ké ▁wrote ▁a ▁second ▁anti - lyn ch ing ▁play , ▁Mar a , ▁parts ▁of ▁which ▁have ▁never ▁been ▁published . ▁ ▁Much ▁of ▁her ▁fiction ▁and ▁non - f iction ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁theme ▁of ▁l yn ch ing , ▁including ▁the ▁short ▁story ▁" G old ie ." ▁It ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁l yn ch ing ▁in ▁Georgia ▁of ▁Mary ▁Turner , ▁a ▁married ▁black ▁woman ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁mother ▁of ▁two ▁children ▁and ▁pre gn ant ▁with ▁a ▁third ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁attacked ▁after ▁protest ing ▁the ▁l yn ch ing ▁death ▁of ▁her ▁husband . ▁ ▁Sex ual ity ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 6 , ▁Gr im ké ▁wrote ▁to ▁a ▁friend , ▁Mary ▁P . ▁B urr ill : ▁ ▁I ▁know ▁you ▁are ▁too ▁young ▁now ▁to ▁become ▁my ▁wife , ▁but ▁I ▁hope , ▁dar ling , ▁that ▁in ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁you ▁will ▁come ▁to ▁me ▁and ▁be ▁my ▁love , ▁my ▁wife ! ▁How ▁my ▁brain ▁wh irls ▁how ▁my ▁pul se ▁le aps ▁with ▁joy ▁and ▁mad ness ▁when ▁I ▁think ▁of ▁these ▁two ▁words , ▁' my ▁wife '" ▁ ▁Two ▁years ▁earlier , ▁in ▁ 1