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Francis James Grimke Biography

Francis James Grimké (October 10, 1850– October 11, 1937) was an American Presbyterian minister in Washington, DC who was prominent in working for equal rights for African Americans. He was active in the Niagara Movement and helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.

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A pretty good test of a man's religion is how it affects his pocketbook.

Good, Men, Pocketbook, Pocketbooks, Test, Tests

When the U. S. Government shows a proper appreciation of the services of the Negro who has never failed it in every crisis of its history to do his whole duty, to shed his blood freely in its behalf. . . then, and not till then, will I be heard.

Appreciation, Blood, Duty, Government, History, Negro

. . . unless there comes to the Nation a greater emancipation than Lincoln's Proclamation effected, it is doomed, it is bound to go down.

Emancipation, Doomed, Proclamation, Unless, Bound

It is only what is written upon the soul of man that will survive the wreck of time.

Men, Soul, Wrecks, Man, Written

Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

Down, Prejudice, Race, Racism And Prejudice, Talked

History is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive.

Order, People, Example, Full, Examples

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