Lift Up Thy Voice: The Grimke Family's Journeyfrom

Lift Up Thy Voice: The Grimke Family's Journeyfrom Slaveholders to Civil Rights Leaders
- Mark Perry
- abolition
- African-American Studies
- biography
Praise for Conceived in Liberty:
"An ambitious book, a history of the North and South from before the war to the end of Reconstruction. . . . Remarkable." (The New York Times Book Review)

In the late 1820s, Sarah and Angelina GrimkÃ© traded their elite position as daughters of a prominent slaveholding family in Charleston, South Carolina, for a life dedicated to abolitionism and advocacy of women's rights. The sisters became leaders in the anti-slavery movement, and their actions have had lasting repercussions on the way Americans strive for equality and social justice, even today. In 1868, Angelina and Sarah discovered that their deceased brother had had children by a slave. True to their ideals, the GrimkÃ© sisters invited their nephews into their lives, helped educate them, and gave them the means to start a new life. Archibald and Francis continued the fight for equality, becoming two of the most noted African Americans of their time. Francis, an influential Presbyterian minister, and Archibald, a lawyer, diplomat, writer, and editor, were deeply involved in the burgeoning civil rights movement and the founding of the NAACP. Archibald's daughter, Angelina Weld GrimkÃ©, became a seminal Harlem Renaissance poet and playwright.

At once a social history and family biography, Lift Up Thy Voice illustrates how the question of race dominates American history. Readers with a passion for American history, the Civil War, reform politics, and the early women's and civil rights movements will be fascinated by the inspiring tale of this remarkable family and its leadership over the century that made America what it is today.

Country	USA
Author	Mark Perry
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: Viking Adult
EAN	9780670030118
Edition	1
ISBN	0670030112
Label	Viking Adult
Manufacturer	Viking Adult
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	512
PublicationDate	2001-10-29
Publisher	Viking Adult
ReleaseDate	2001-10-29
Studio	Viking Adult

Lift Up Thy Voice: The Grimke Family's Journeyfrom Slaveholders to Civil Rights Leaders

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