American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
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Filmmaker Grace Lee discusses the making of her film American Revolutionary with filmmaker Geoffrey Smith.
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Grace Lee Boggs, 99, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer, and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be.
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Grace Lee Boggs, 98, is a Chinese American philosopher, writer and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be.
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Activists Grace Lee Boggs and Angela Davis discuss re-imagining revolution, social justice and philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Grace Lee Boggs visits the POV offices and discusses the response to American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, the documentary about her life as an activist and philosopher, the responsibility of the media today and the evolution of revolution.
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Grace Lee Boggs discusses the on-going series of conversations she began with her husband James Boggs and fellow veteran activists Freddy and Lyman Paine, during the turmoil of the 1960s.
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Meet Grace Lee Boggs, a Chinese American philosopher, writer, and activist in Detroit with a thick FBI file and a surprising vision of what an American revolution can be.
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In the 1960s, Grace Lee Boggs split from the Marxist establishment and became active in the Black Power movement in Detroit.
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Grace Lee Boggs talks about white flight and the impact on Detroit race relations.
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"Why is non-violence important, not just a tactic, not just a strategy, but an important philosophy?"
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During Grace Lee Boggs's lifetime, hundreds of revolutions have taken place around the world. In this clip, she considers what defines a revolution.
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