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Spencer was born in Virginia to parents who had been enslaved. She grew up in Bramwell (Mercer County), where nature inspired her writing. After finishing school, she taught in coal towns before settling in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Spencer became known during the Harlem Renaissance, with her work first published in 1920. She was friends with Black intellectual leaders such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Langston Hughes. Her poems appeared in many major books and magazines. She also worked as a librarian and kept writing until the end of her life.
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