James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation

James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation The James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation is 501c3 nonprofit organization and the legal representative of the late James and Grace Lee Boggs.

Website: http://boggsfoundation.org 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 during the height of industrial-era prosperity. Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015) was a Chinese American philosopher born in Providence, Rhode Island, and

raised in New York City. After obtaining her PhD, Grace was spurned by academia and made her home in the Black community and movement. Jimmy and Grace married in 1953. Together, the Boggses foresaw the devastation Detroit and the United States would face owing to automation, white supremacy, militarism, authoritarianism, and the emphasis on technological over human development. Through writing and organizing, they struggled to move the nation beyond the stage of rebellion against an unjust system by encouraging organizers and all members of society to see revolution as the exercise of self-government and an evolutionary advance for humanity. About the James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation:

Established based on directives from Grace, the Boggs Foundation is the sole owner of the Boggses’ personal and intellectual property and is designed to make the revolutionary work of Jimmy and Grace knowable and meaningful for current and future generations. The Foundation supports the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership, the James and Grace Lee Boggs School, and other educational and charitable purposes consistent with the visions of Jimmy and Grace. The Foundation is a Domestic Nonprofit Corporation certified by the State of Michigan and holds tax-exempt status as a recognized 501(c)(3) Private Foundation by the IRS. Contributions to the Boggs Foundation are tax deductible.

Created based on directives in Grace's will, our organization serves as legal representative for James and Grace. Please...
09/29/2025

Created based on directives in Grace's will, our organization serves as legal representative for James and Grace. Please see our established page for Grace Lee Boggs to keep up with our posts and activities.

09/27/2025

Established based on the directives from Grace Lee Boggs, the Boggs Foundation is the sole owner of the Boggses' personal and intellectual property and is designed to make the revolutionary work of Jimmy and Grace knowable and meaningful for current and future generations.

08/01/2024

James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation is now hiring for the position of Program Coordinator in Detroit. Apply today.

07/26/2024

"We are at one of those great turning points in history."

07/25/2024

"We need artists to create new images that will open up space in our hearts and minds to imagine and create another America that will be viewed by the world as a beacon rather than as a danger." —Grace Lee Boggs

Graphic by Cori Nakamura Lin, available at https://tinyurl.com/BoggsShirt

07/24/2024

Happy birthday to Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who like Jimmy and Grace, connects our struggles in Detroit & Palestine!

07/21/2024

Author, activist, and philosopher Grace Lee Boggs dedicated her 100 years striving for racial and economic justice. She also worked to encourage young people to get actively involved in their neighborhoods through the program Detroit Summer.

07/20/2024

When Grace heard chants of "Drill, Baby, Drill" at the 2008 RNC, she said it amounted to chants of "Kill, Baby, Kill." Quote image from The Next American Revolution, http://tinyurl.com/boggs-next

07/18/2024

Our system of representative democracy, created by a great revolution, must now itself become the target of revolutionary change.

Quote from The Next American Revolution, http://tinyurl.com/boggs-next

07/16/2024

"Are we so locked into nationalism, racism, and determinism that we will be driven to seek scapegoats for our frustrations and failures as the Germans did after World War I?" Quote from The Next American Revolution, http://tinyurl.com/boggs-next

07/15/2024

"The time has come for each of us to accept the responsibility for the safety of us all."

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