Grace Lee Boggs

Grace Lee Boggs, 94, has lived in Detroit since 1953, most of that time in the same house. Over the past seventy years, she has been a part of almost every major movement in the United States. She writes a weekly column for the Michigan Citizen.

Detroit: Place and Space to Begin Anew

Detroit: Place and Space to Begin Anew Detroit: Place and Space to Begin Anew

Detroit stands as a symbol of the destruction deindustrialization left in its wake, but new initiatives in the Midwestern city have made it a leader in sustainable living, and have...

May 4, 2011 / Grace Lee Boggs

Detroit’s ‘Quiet Revolution’

Detroit’s ‘Quiet Revolution’ Detroit’s ‘Quiet Revolution’

How we came to see vacant lots not as blight but as opportunities to grow our own food.

Sep 2, 2009 / Feature / Grace Lee Boggs

Martin Luther King Jr.

King’s Legacy of Change King’s Legacy of Change

No single person can be the agent of change: the vision must come from all of us.

Jan 16, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Grace Lee Boggs

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