grace lee boggs was born in 1915 and this is not an in memoriam but they hope for peace for her. she's an activist writer and speaker from 7 decades of political involvement encompasses the nature us social movements of the past 100 years. she was a doctor chinese immigrants. ms. boggs received her ba from barnard college and a phd in philosophy from bryn mawr college. she developed twenty-year political relationship with the black mark [inaudible] clr james followed by extensive civil rights and black power movement activism in detroit in partnership with her husband james lee boggs. who passed away at 93. i met grace over 20 years ago along with my friend [inaudible] and we help at ucla and i was a long time ago. but we brought grace out and also the incredible year [inaudible] who passed away only weeks ago but what was important was that they shared their experiences are preaching to us but their lives with a new generation of community organizers and youth leaders and i will never forget the amazing warmth of grace lee boggs for younger people like myself. grace was such an

. >>> grace lee boggs is an asian american philosopher and social activist who has seen america changever nine decades. and rosa clemente is a young activist. both have worked as grassroots organizers, trying to improve their communities. >> i'm grace lee boggs. i'm a very old woman. >> writer, philosopher, activist, revolutionary. >> i was born in the second decade of the 20th century and i'm still around in the second decade of the 21st century. >> she's the subject of "american revolutionary" the evolution of grace lee boggs. >> how did you become a philosopher? >> i just go back 70 years. >> i wait a minute to detroit in new york of june of 1953. it was a city of 2 million. . in detroit, grace became involved in the black power movement and met her husband james boggs who was herself a revolutionary thinker. and she was asian american. >> i cut my hair to see how straight it was. and they would ask about my family and what did my family think of my living in a black neighborhood. i would say i'm grown. i decide where i live. >> my name is rosa clemente. i'm an afro-latin that hip-h