Francis J. Grimké, circa 1902

Francis James Grimké (November 4, 1852 – October 11, 1937) was a Presbyterian minister that was also active in the Niagara Movement and the NAACP. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity The Niagara Movement was a Civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential Civil rights organizations

Grimké was the second of three sons born to Henry Grimké and his slave, a woman named Nancy Weston. Henry Grimké was the brother of Sarah and Angelina Grimke who were abolitionists. Angelina Emily Grimkejpg|thumb|125px|Angelina Grimké]] Sarah Grimké (1792-1873 and Angelina Grimké Weld (1805-1879 known as the Grimké sisters, were 19th-century Grimké's other brothers were named Archibald and John.

Grimké graduated from Lincoln University, PA in 1870, along with his older brother Archibald, who was also a member of the class of 1870. Lincoln University ( LU) is America's first degree granting historically black university located in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania

In December 1878, Grimké married abolitionist and diarist Charlotte Forten. Charlotte L Bridges Forten Grimké ( 17 August 1837 – July 23, 1914) was an African-American anti-slavery activist, She was 41 at the time and he was about 13 years her junior. In 1880, they had one daughter, Theodora Cornelia, who died as an infant.

Grimké's elder brother, Archibald Grimké, served as consul to the Dominican Republic from 1894-1898. Archibald Henry Grimké ( August 17, 1849 &ndash February 25, 1930) was an African American Lawyer, intellectual journalist The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with Archibald's daughter, Angelina Weld Grimke, became a prominent writer and abolitionist in her own right. She stayed with Grimké and his wife during the period of her father's service to the Dominican Republic.

Grimké began his ministry at the 15th Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D. C. and except for a brief sojourn to preach at a church in Jacksonville, Florida, he would remain at the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church in Washington, D. C. until 1928. Grimké died in 1937. Had his wife lived, she would have been 100 that year.

An enduring quote from him goes: Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

External links

• The University of South Carolina-Aiken Profile of Archibald Grimke
• Entry at The African American Registry
• Quotes
• A Biographical Sermon