GRACE LEE BOGGS: An Activist's Life Jimmy Boggs (standing) at the The Grassroots Leadership Conference, November, 1963. Malcolm X was a featured speaker at the Conference "His speech began with his usual homage to the Honorable Mr. Muhammad, but suddenly his style changed...he began what called his 'off-the-cuff chat between you and me, us.'" -- Grace Lee Boggs, LIVING FOR CHANGE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY