author
Archibald Henry Grimké
1849–1930
Born into slavery in South Carolina, he went on to become a lawyer, writer, diplomat, and one of the thoughtful Black public voices of his era. His life traces a remarkable path from Reconstruction through the early civil rights movement.
8 Audiobooks
Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822 The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 7
by Archibald Henry Grimké
William Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist
by Archibald Henry Grimké
The Ultimate Criminal
by Archibald Henry Grimké
The Ballotless Victim of One-Party Governments The American Negro Academy, Occasional Papers No. 16
by Archibald Henry Grimké
Papers of the American Negro Academy. (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 18-19.)
by Archibald Henry Grimké, John Wesley Cromwell, Lafayette M. Hershaw, William Pickens, Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, T. G. (Theophilus Gould) Steward
The Negro and the elective franchise. A series of papers and a sermon
by Archibald Henry Grimké, Charles C. (Charles Chauveau) Cook, Francis J. (Francis James) Grimké, John Hope, John L. Love, Kelly Miller
Modern Industrialism and the Negroes of the United States The American Negro Academy, Occasional Papers No. 12
by Archibald Henry Grimké
Charles Sumner Centenary: Historical Address The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 14
by Archibald Henry Grimké
About the author
Archibald Henry Grimké was born on August 17, 1849, near Charleston, South Carolina, and after the Civil War he pursued an education that took him to Lincoln University and then Harvard Law School. He built a career as a lawyer and writer, drawing on both sharp intellect and personal experience to speak about race, justice, and citizenship in the United States.
Over time, he became known as a journalist, public speaker, and public servant. He served as U.S. consul to the Dominican Republic in the 1890s, and later emerged as an important civil rights advocate, associated with both the Niagara Movement and the early NAACP.
Grimké's writing and activism were marked by clarity, moral force, and persistence. He died on February 25, 1930, but he remains an important figure in the long history of Black intellectual life and the struggle for equal rights in America.