Lift Up Thy Voice: The Grimké Family's Journey from Slaveholders to Civil Rights LeadersTHE STORY OF RACE CONSCIOUSNESS AND POLITICS IN AMERICA TOLD THROUGH THE LIVES OF ONE EXTRAORDINARY FAMILYBy the beginning of the 19th century, the American south encompassed two strikingly different societies: one lived as wealthy slaveholders, and the other lived under the lash. Daughters of a prominent slaveholding family in Charleston, South Carolina, Sarah and Angelina GrimkÉ, vowed to change the dynamics of their harsh society. The sisters (mostly in secret) began to educate their slaves as best they could, by teaching them reading and religion-and the basic rights to which all humans are entitled. Eventually they moved to the north, where they dedicated their lives to abolitionism and advocacy of women's rights.In 1868, Angelina and Sarah discovered that their deceased brother had had children with a slave. True to their ideals, the GrimkÉ sisters invited their nephews into their lives, helped educate them, and gave them the means to start a new life. Archibald and Francis GrimkÉ continued their aunts' fight for racial equality into the early decades of the 20th century, involving themselves in the founding of the NAACP and becoming two of the most notable African-Americans of their time. The GrimkÉs' work helped to lay the groundwork of the civil rights movement to follow-and, as Perry notes, helped to shape many kinds of American social activism.At once an inspiring social history and a fascinating group biography, LIFT UP THY VOICE: The GrimkÉ Family's Journey from Slaveholders to Civil Rights Leaders illustrates how the question of race dominates American history. This family saga, which spans 150 years, is a book for anyone interested in women's history, African-American history, the Civil War-for anyone who cares about making America a better place to live. |
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... cause . But she welcomed the at- tention . Six years before , while still in Charleston , she had written one of her most telling and most uncomfortably personal diary entries about her hopes for her life . It was on the same day that ...
... cause . But she welcomed the at- tention . Six years before , while still in Charleston , she had written one of her most telling and most uncomfortably personal diary entries about her hopes for her life . It was on the same day that ...
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... cause , Sarah and Angelina read of the mounting attacks with a growing sense of alarm . The enemies of abolitionism ... cause with a coordinated political program and a universally accepted ideology . While the abolitionist cause was not ...
... cause , Sarah and Angelina read of the mounting attacks with a growing sense of alarm . The enemies of abolitionism ... cause with a coordinated political program and a universally accepted ideology . While the abolitionist cause was not ...
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... causes to public at- tention ; they did those things first . Today activists preach in churches and view churchgoers as the most potent weapon of any political cause ; abolitionism was organized first in America's churches . Today we ...
... causes to public at- tention ; they did those things first . Today activists preach in churches and view churchgoers as the most potent weapon of any political cause ; abolitionism was organized first in America's churches . Today we ...
Contents
They shall be your bondmen for ever | 11 |
a stern and relentless God | 35 |
He trod the pulpit like a giant | 55 |
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