Grimké, Archibald Henry, 1849-1930

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Birth 1849-08-17
Death 1930-02-25

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1849 August 17 Born on plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, son of Henry Grimke and Nancy Weston. 1866 70 Attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. 1870 72 Tutored at Lincoln University. 1874 Graduated from Harvard Law School. 1884 Served as Henry Cabot Lodge's alternative delegate at large to the Republican National Convention. 1879 Married Sarah E. Stanley. 1883 85 Edited and published the Hub in Boston, Mass. 1884 Appointed trustee to the Westboro Insane Asylum. 1891 Published William Lloyd Garrison, The Abolitionist. 1892 Published The Life of Charles Sooner, the Scholar in Politics. 1894 98 Appointed and served as consul to Santo Domingo. 1903 16 Served as president of the American Negro Academy. 1909 1930 Served as president of NAACP (District Branch) as well as director and vice-president of the national body. Served as president of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association. 1919 Received the Spingarn Medal for a lifetime of service to his race. 1930 February 25 Died.

From the guide to the Archibald H. Grimke Papers, 1894-1930, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)

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