Grace Lee Boggs, a trailblazing Asian American with a dream to change America. She’s changed racism in America, but not many people recognize her for it. For that, Grace Lee Boggs deserves to be the woman on the twenty dollar bill. She recognizes that everyone is and should be equal to each other and therefore shouldn’t be discriminated against. Grace’s journey to bring equality to America started back in 1915, Rhode Island, where she was born.
As a child Grace lived in an all white community, because of this she had no role models and knew that if she was to get anywhere in life she would have to make her own path. Grace enrolled into Barnard College at 16; she was one of the 3 people of color attending at the college. When Grace graduated it was very hard to find a job because of her being female and asian. Even department stores rejected her saying “We don’t hire orientals.”; it seemed like Grace wouldn’t get anywhere in New York, so she moved westward towards Michigan. Finding a job in the Detroit area was hard but Grace finally found a job at a library paying 10 dollars a …show more content…
She fought for the rights of the LGBT+ community, black community, asian american community, and for women, all centered around and in Detroit. The most important thing that Grace believed was that a revolution starts in the community, not the nation. The most well known protest Grace attended was the March on Washington with Martin Luther King Jr., she even helped plan the march. During the march Grace risked being injured, jailed or killed by thrown rocks and angry policemen. It was clear that Grace was brave in fighting for rights no matter what was thrown against her, but she was even braver marrying a black man when she is asian. She married in a time where you could be killed for interracial marriage. Grace risked her life to bring peace and equality to everyone, and would most surely do it again and
As a child Grace lived in an all white community, because of this she had no role models and knew that if she was to get anywhere in life she would have to make her own path. Grace enrolled into Barnard College at 16; she was one of the 3 people of color attending at the college. When Grace graduated it was very hard to find a job because of her being female and asian. Even department stores rejected her saying “We don’t hire orientals.”; it seemed like Grace wouldn’t get anywhere in New York, so she moved westward towards Michigan. Finding a job in the Detroit area was hard but Grace finally found a job at a library paying 10 dollars a …show more content…
She fought for the rights of the LGBT+ community, black community, asian american community, and for women, all centered around and in Detroit. The most important thing that Grace believed was that a revolution starts in the community, not the nation. The most well known protest Grace attended was the March on Washington with Martin Luther King Jr., she even helped plan the march. During the march Grace risked being injured, jailed or killed by thrown rocks and angry policemen. It was clear that Grace was brave in fighting for rights no matter what was thrown against her, but she was even braver marrying a black man when she is asian. She married in a time where you could be killed for interracial marriage. Grace risked her life to bring peace and equality to everyone, and would most surely do it again and