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.
