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(1915-2015) Author. Grace Lee Boggs was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and died in Detroit, Michigan.

Full Name

Grace Lee Boggs

Locations

Queens

Author's Timeline

Unknown

OTHER

Grace Lee grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York.

1915

BIRTH

Grace Lee was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 27, 1915.

1935

OTHER

Ms. Boggs earned a degree in philosophy at Barnard College in 1935.

1945

LITWORK

George Herbert Mead: Philosopher Of The Social Individual
King's Crown Press, New York, New York.

Nonfiction.

1974

LITWORK

Revolution And Evolution In The Twentieth Century
Monthly Review Press, New York, New York.
0853453225 / 978-0853453222
Nonfiction written with husband, James Boggs.

1977

LITWORK

Women And The Movement To Build A New America
National Organization for an American Revolution, Detroit, Michigan.

Nonfiction.

1998

LITWORK

Living for Change: An Autobiography
University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
0816629544 / 978-0816629541
Autobiography.

2011

LITWORK

The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism For The Tweyty-First Century
University of California Press, Los Angeles, California.
0520269241 / 978-0520269248
Nonfiction written with Scott Kurashige.

2015

DEATH

Grace Lee Boggs died at her home in Detroit, Michigan, on October 5, 2015.

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