Fifty Years of Freedom
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Reflection on fifty years since emancipation: material and educational progress and growing self-respect, yet increased race prejudice, segregation, and disfranchisement.
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Fifty Years of Freedom
Gideon Bands for Work Within the Race and for Work Without the Race
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Francis J. Grimké urges African American men to form Gideon-like bands—courageous, faithful, vigilant, and reliable—using Judges 6–7 as a call to organized racial uplift and service.
The Protest of a Colored Minister
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Magazine editorials urge churches to guide youths in vocational choice, view ministry as service, confront race prejudice, broaden preaching to social issues, and support social service.
Evangelism
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July 1916 American Missionary urges churches to "set their sails" for the Pilgrim tercentenary, intensify evangelism, missions, fundraising, and confront race relations in outreach.
Some Reflections, Growing Out of the Recent Epidemic of Influenza That Afflicted Our City
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1918 sermon reflecting on the influenza epidemic, God’s providence in life and death, submission to public-health measures, and a call to reject racial prejudice in favor of love and justice.
Address of Welcome Given at a Reception Tendered to the Men Who Have Returned from the Battle Front
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Welcome address to Black WWI veterans urging them to press for equal rights at home after fairer treatment abroad. Calls for reporting abuses and continuing the struggle for justice.
Justice and the Colored Man
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1919 Harvey’s Weekly critiques Wilson’s handling of the League and cabinet, challenges Republican claims, and publishes letters defending Black soldiers and urging justice.
The Race Problem — Two Suggestions as to Its Solution
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Grimke argues the race problem stems from white prejudice and systemic injustice, not Black hatred. He urges white moral responsibility, structural reform, and equitable education.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Eulogic sermon honoring Theodore Roosevelt’s character and leadership, praising his vigor, intellect, faith, and public service. Urges God-fearing, strong-minded, generous leaders.
The Next Step in Racial Cooperation
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Sermon urging racial cooperation based on mutual respect, justice, and equal education, economic and civil rights. Final step: embrace Christian brotherhood and character.
Eulogy for Matthew Anderson
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April 1928 issue of The Crisis (NAACP) featuring articles on Black education, civil rights, international politics, and a eulogy for Matthew Anderson.
Segregation
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June 1934 Crisis essays condemn racial segregation as degrading and harmful; Grimké urges continual resistance, and Du Bois exposes segregated churches as compelled separation.
The Battle Must Go On
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1934 Crisis issue examines racial segregation, Black colleges, and NAACP activism. Argues Negro churches and institutions serve the race while the fight for equality and protest must continue.
The Negro’s Attitude Toward Religion
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The Southern Workman (Dec 1934) urges translating religion into action. Frances J. Grimke condemns ‘Jim Crow Christianity’ but urges Blacks to embrace true Christianity for moral uplift.
The Second Marriage of Frederick Douglass
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Journal articles examine Southern textbooks’ racial attitudes and recount Frederick Douglass’s second marriage to Helen Pitts and the saving of Cedar Hill as a memorial.
Our Young People! How to Deal with Them
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Sept 1935 Southern Workman reviews the Kellogg‑Briand anti‑war pact, Negro health and education, race relations, youth moral instruction, and a Bantu educational cinema mission in Africa.
The Works of Francis J. Grimke, Vol. 2
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Grimke’s sermons urge Christian training of children, pastoral duty, education, and temperance. They model courageous moral leadership for community and racial uplift.
The Works of Francis J. Grimke, Vol. 3
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Francis J. Grimké’s meditations (1914–1934) on Christian faith, prayer, pastoral duty, race relations, and mourning for his wife. Practical, devotional reflections urging holiness and service.
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