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Early Life
May Miller was born in Washington, D.C., to Kelly and Anna May Miller, one of the Millers' five children. Her father, Kelly Miller, was the professor and founder of the department of sociology at Howard University. Her house which was located in the Howard University campus was a gathering place for the black intellectuals and artists such as W.E.B DuBois, Booker T. Washington, and Langston Hughes.

May Miller graduated from Howard University in 1920 and became a play-writer and poet. She won an award for her play Within the Shadow(1920) and The Bog Guide (1925). The award-winning play that placed third in the Opportunity magazine contest that was primarily read by African Americans helped plant her in the Black cultural scene and the Harlem Renaissance. She wrote historical plays in the 1930’s and taught English at high school in Baltimore for 20 years.

Miller was an active member of S Street Salon hosted by Georgia Douglas Johnson. S Street Salon was Johnson’s house at 1461 South Street NW, Washington, DC and she held a meeting for black artists and writers every Saturday for 40 years which also known as “Saturday Salon.”