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James Boggs (May 27, 1919 – July 22, 1993) was an American political activist, auto worker and author. He was married to philosopher activist Grace Lee Boggs for forty years until his death. Biography.
About James and Grace Lee Boggs. James Boggs (1919-1993) was an African American autoworker and labor organizer from Marion Junction, Alabama. He was raised in the rural South under Jim Crow, then moved to Detroit and worked for Chrysler during the height of industrial-era prosperity.
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James (Jimmy) Boggs (May 27, 1919-July 22, 1993) and Grace Lee Boggs (June 27, 1915-October 5, 2015) were two of America’s foremost revolutionary theoreticians, human rights activists, and community organizers of the 20th century. Their marital union, which began in 1953 and spanned 40 years, was unique, powerful, balanced, and productive.
Aug 23, 2017 · A dual biography of the independent Marxist revolutionaries who worked in Detroit and shaped the Black Power movement. The author, Stephen M. Ward, discusses the challenges and insights of writing about their lives, ideas, and legacy.
In Pages from a Black Radical's Notebook: A James Boggs Reader, editor Stephen M. Ward collects a diverse sampling of pieces by Boggs, spanning the entire length of his career from the 1950s to...
Sep 14, 2011 · This essay considers James Boggs's intellectual work and radical maturation from the 1920s to the 1950s, focusing specifically on the ways travel—ideological and actual—affected his activism and pe...
