Race prejudice can’t be talked down, it must be lived down.
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| Birth: | 10th October, 1850 |
| Death: | 11th October, 1937 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Clergyman |
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Francis James Grimke was born in Cane Acres, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. He 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 in 1909. He graduated from Lincoln University in 1870. He went on to graduate studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, from which he graduated in 1878.
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