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Archibald Henry Grimké
1849–1930
Born into slavery in South Carolina and educated after the Civil War, he rose to become a lawyer, diplomat, writer, and one of the most thoughtful Black civil rights voices of his era.
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 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
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 Ballotless Victim of One-Party Governments The American Negro Academy, Occasional Papers No. 16
by Archibald Henry Grimké
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
A son of Henry Grimké and Nancy Weston, he was born in 1849 near Charleston, South Carolina, and came of age during the upheaval of emancipation and Reconstruction. After attending schools for formerly enslaved students, he studied at Lincoln University and later at Harvard Law School, building a career that crossed law, journalism, public service, and activism.
He served as U.S. consul to the Dominican Republic in the 1890s and wrote and lectured widely on race, democracy, and equal rights. Grimké was also an important civil rights leader in Boston and Washington, D.C., and is closely connected with the early NAACP, where his speeches and essays argued firmly for full citizenship and justice for African Americans.
He is remembered not only for public office and advocacy, but for the clarity and moral force of his writing. His life links the world of slavery to the long fight for civil rights in the United States, making him a compelling figure for listeners interested in American history, political thought, and Black intellectual life.