Stephen M. Ward

“Grace deeply identified with Mead’s view that ideas evolve historically. “Unlike the average American teacher of philosophy of his day,” she wrote,…

— Stephen M. Ward

“Initially, she responded by turning inward, pondering questions about the meaning of life and her place in the world. This led her…

— Stephen M. Ward

“In “Detroit Is Dynamite,” an August 1942 Life magazine article, Louis Martin and Ted Poston reported that 98.7 percent of all dwelling…

— Stephen M. Ward

“Jimmy and Grace returned to Detroit in late August, in time to participate in the final work to relaunch Correspondence. On September…

— Stephen M. Ward

“Thirteen million Negroes in America have never known three of the “Four Freedoms” which America is supposedly spreading to the rest of…

— Stephen M. Ward

“What are you complaining about? If they don’t want you over here, why don’t you go over on Hastings Street and get…

— Stephen M. Ward

“Jimmy likely wrote all three editorials, and one, titled “Who Is for Law and Order?” carried his byline. He argued that the…

— Stephen M. Ward

“She told him the origins of the “buck dance,” when “white people would come up and say ‘N____r, dance’, and then start…

— Stephen M. Ward

“As a Chinese American growing up in a largely white world during the 1920s and 1930s, a sense of social marginalization marked…

— Stephen M. Ward

“Grace Lee Boggs was both product and producer of an improbable history. “I grew up in New York as a first generation…

— Stephen M. Ward

“As an Asian American woman within black radical circles, Grace surely was anomalous, but this raised no significant concerns or barriers to…

— Stephen M. Ward

“Under Weiss’s direction, Grace began to delve deeply into writings and ideas that would shape the rest of her life. To begin…

— Stephen M. Ward

“They listened to a series of speeches by civil rights luminaries, capped off by a rousing, crowd-pleasing address by Martin Luther King.…

— Stephen M. Ward

“public statements condemning segregation, sharply worded telegrams to Washington, and meetings with White House officials—were demonstrably ineffectual. New and more dramatic measures…

— Stephen M. Ward

“Grace regarded her participation in the March on Washington Movement (MOWM) in Chicago as “the turning point in my life” because, as…

— Stephen M. Ward

“BY MOST MEASURES, James and Grace Lee Boggs made an unlikely pair. Born in 1915 in Providence, Rhode Island, to Chinese immigrants,…

— Stephen M. Ward

“Remarkably, Grace never considered pursuing a career and very rarely sought consistent employment. At no time in her long life was Grace…

— Stephen M. Ward

“By highlighting what she learned from Jimmy on these cross-country trips, Grace was affirming the political wisdom that he derived from his…

— Stephen M. Ward

“Activist, poet, and community leader Aneb Gloria House captured that legacy in her poem written on the occasion of Grace’s 100th birthday.…

— Stephen M. Ward

“The fascination with automation in part reflected the country’s mood in the immediate postwar period, including a solid ideological commitment to technological…

— Stephen M. Ward

“Corporate interests raised a nearly unified voice heralding automation as a certain and universal beneficial advancement. However, some observers saw the new…

— Stephen M. Ward