- She is the author of an influential autobiographical book celebrating Gullah culture. She was a regular contributor to NPR and host of her own television cooking show. She was active in the civil rights and Black Power movements.
- She was survived by her two daughters Kali Grosvenor-Henry, a poet, author, and essayist and Chandra Weinland-Brown, an actor, visual artist and poet, along with two grandchildren. Chandra's father was Oscar Weinland, a sculptor.
- She spent much of her youth in Philadelphia.
- Ironically, she passed away on the same day as her ex-husband, Robert Grosvenor, only 9 years apart (she in 2016; he in 2025).
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