Grace Lee Boggs Wall Art

Who is Grace Lee Boggs? Grace Lee Boggs was an American author, social activist, philosopher, and feminist. She is known for her years of political collaboration with C. L. R. James and Raya Dunayevskaya in the 1940s and 1950s. In the 1960s she and James Boggs, her husband of some forty years, took their own political direction. In the 1940s, Boggs lived in Chicago, working in a city library. In the Windy City, she organized protests for tenants to fight for their rights, including living quarters free from vermin. Grace Lee Boggs found inspiration in both the nonviolence of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi as well as in the Black Power Movement. In 1963, she took part in the Great Walk to Freedom march, which featured King. Later that year, she hosted Malcolm X at her home. By 1998, she had written four books, including an autobiography. In 2011, still active at the age of 95, she wrote a fifth book, The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century, co-written by Scott Kurashige and published by the University of California Press. Boggs died in Detroit, Michigan at the age of 100. ———————- Grace Lee Boggs Quotes Art Print This illustrative art quote is from my “Badass Girls in History” series art prints. Inspiration for female leaders everywhere from modern and historical role models A minimalist illustration art print inspired by badass women in history. Design: Original illustrated portrait of Grace Lee Boggs with a quote which says: “ You don't choose the times you live in, but you do choose who you want to be, and you do choose how you want to think.” Size: A4 (29.7mm x 210mm) Paper: Premium Archival Matte Paper | 189gsm