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Archibald Grimke
b.17 Aug 1849 Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
d.25 Feb 1930 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Archibald Henry Grimké (August 17, 1849 – February 25, 1930) was an American lawyer, intellectual, journalist, diplomat and community leader in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He graduated from freedmen's schools, Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, and Harvard Law School and served as American Consul to the Dominican Republic from 1894 to 1898. He was an activist for rights for blacks, working in Boston and Washington, D.C. He was a national vice-president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as well as president of its Washington, D.C. branch. Archibald and his brothers Francis and John are the children of Henry Grimke and his slave, Nancy Weston. In 1866, Archibald Grimke with the help of his father's sisters Angelina and Sarah Grimke attended Lincoln University near Philadelphia. Archibald enrolled at Harvard in 1874. His career included acting as the consul to Santa Domingo in the Dominican Republic and authoring several books. He lists his occupation on the 1880 census as Lawyer. Both Francis and Archibald were life long civil rights activists and were associates of W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington. Francis was a member of the "Committee of Forty" which established the NAACP. Archibald became the head of the Washington, D.C. branch. In 1919, he was awarded the Spingarn Medal for outstanding leadership in the black community. He spent the latter years of his life with his daughter Angeline W. Grimke and his brother Francis. His marriage to Sarah Stanley in 1879 is short lived when Sarah leaves him after the birth of Angelina in 1880. Angelina went to live with her father in 1887 and she is in the household with her father and uncle as late as 1920. Angeline died as a recluse in New York City in 1958.
Name: Archibald Grimke Home in 1880: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Age: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Birthplace: South Carolina Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head) Spouse's Name: Sarah Father's birthplace: South Carolina Mother's birthplace: South Carolina Occupation: Lawyer Marital Status: Married Race: Mulatto (Black) Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Archibald Grimke 30 Sarah Grimke 29 Angelina Grimke 3M
1900 United States Federal Census finds Archibald and his daughter as boarders with the Lee family. Name: Archibald Grimke Home in 1900: Boston Ward 12, Suffolk, Massachusetts Age: 50 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Birthplace: South Carolina Relationship to head-of-house: Boarder Race: Black Household Members: Name Age Joseph Lee 51 Christiana Lee 40 Genevieve Lee 24 Howard Lee 21 Therese Lee 18 Narka Lee 11 Angelina Grimke 20 Archibald Grimke 50 Mary Mc Kenna 21
1910 United States Federal Census Name: Archibald H Grimke Age in 1910: 62 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Washington Relation to Head of House: Brother Father's Birth Place: South Carolina Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina Home in 1910: Precinct 8, Washington, District of Columbia Marital Status: Widowed Race: Mulatto (Black) Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age Fancis j Grimke 59 Charlotte F Grimke 70 Archibald H Grimke 62 Angline Grimke 30 Richard T Venning 62
1920 United States Federal Census Name: Archibald H Grinke [Archibald H Grimke] Home in 1920: Washington, Washington, District of Columbia Age: 70 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Birthplace: South Carolina Relation to Head of House: Brother Father's Birth Place: South Carolina Mother's Birth Place: South Carolina Marital Status: Widow Race: Mulatto (Black) Sex: Male Household Members: Name Age Francis J Grinke 69 Archibald H Grinke 70 Angelina W Grinke 39
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