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Grace Lee Boggs | |
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| Born | Grace Lee Boggs June 27, 1915 |
| Died | October 5, 2015 (aged 100) |
| Occupation(s) | Social Rights Activist, Philosopher, Author |
Grace Lee Boggs (June 27, 1915 – October 5, 2015) was a Chinese-American social rights activist, philosopher, and author. She took part in numerous women's rights, civil rights, labor rights, environmental justice, and black power movements.[1] Boggs got a Ph.D. in philosophy at the age of 25, which was very uncommon at the time, especially for a Chinese-American.[2] In 1992, Boggs and her later husband James Boggs started a program called Detroit Summer, which was made as a recreation of the Freedom Summer Program (otherwise known as the Mississippi Summer Program), but for youths.[3] The program was an opportunity for local youth to grow leadership skills and to empower them to improve their communities.[3] In 2013, Boggs was featured in a PBS documentary "American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs", which focused on her political views, actions, and steps she took to make a difference in the community and in the world.[1] Boggs also founded an organization called the Boggs Center and helped start a charter school called the James and Grace Lee Boggs School a few years ago.[1][4]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ""Labor, civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs dies at age 100"". NewsBank. October 6, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
- ↑ ""Remembering the life of trailblazer Grace Lee Boggs"". NewsBank. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Grace Lee Boggs & Detroit Summer | Navigating the Pacific: 20th century Afro-Asian Relations". Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ↑ ""The James and Grace Lee Boggs School"". U.S. News. Retrieved April 20, 2022.