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.

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.

[5] While attending Dunbar High School Miller studied under the writers Mary P. Burrill and Angelina Weld Grimke.

While attending college, Miller developed an interest in promoting and performing plays written by African-American writers.

[7] Miller sought through her writing to portray black people with a level of respect and dignity that had been absent in drama.