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  1. Oct 5, 2015 · Grace Lee Boggs was a Chinese American civil rights and labor activist. Her support for causes such as the Black Power movement, feminism, and the environment spanned over 70 years. Most of her activism was concentrated in Detroit , where she met her husband, James Boggs.

  2. May 16, 2022 · The story of Chinese American activist and philosopher, Grace Lee Boggs, provides an inspiring example of the effectiveness of cross-racial organizing work between Black and Asian communities in pursuing racial justice by discovering shared stakes, committing to collective action, and nurturing ongoing resistance.

  3. Oct 7, 2015 · Among her many achievements, Grace Lee Boggs should be remembered for her deep involvement in Detroit’s black freedom movement and role in articulating a new brand of class politics rooted in the experience of black workers. Kate Aronoff October 7, 2015. Grace Lee Boggs at home in 2012 (Kyle McDonald / Flickr)

  4. May 27, 2020 · May 27, 2020. Hong Yi (Red) Grace Lee Boggs — an Asian American intersectional feminist — died at the age of 100 on October 5, 2015, in Detriot, where she spent much of her life working as an...

  5. Grace Lee Boggs, The Next American Revolution. An influential philosopher who earned her doctoral degree at Bryn Mawr, Grace Lee Boggs spent her long life far from the ivory tower. Combining theory-building with action, Boggs partnered with her husband James Boggs in labor, civil rights, and Black Power battles in Detroit, and she was known ...

  6. Jun 30, 2014 · Grace Lee Boggs, 99, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer, and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be. Rooted for 75...

  7. Oct 5, 2015 · Grace Lee Boggs was a Chinese-American activist, philosopher, and feminist. She graduated from Barnard College with a bachelor s degree and received a Ph. D. in philosophy from Bryn Mawr College. Boggs was influenced by the political and social activism of Richard Wright, Katharine Dunham, and C. L. R. James.

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