Archibald Grimké

Archibald Grimké
Archibald Grimké
Born	August 17, 1849; Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	February 25, 1930 (aged 80); Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation(s)	attorney, diplomat, journalist
Political party	Democratic (from 1884)
Other political; affiliations	Republican (until 1884)
Spouse	Sarah Stanley
Children	Angelina Weld Grimké
Parents	Henry W. Grimké (father); Nancy Weston (enslaved mixed-race woman whose father was white) (mother);
Relatives	Francis James Grimké, John (siblings); Angelina Grimké Weld, Sarah Moore Grimké, Thomas Smith Grimké (half-cousins)

Archibald Henry Grimké (August 17, 1849 – February 25, 1930) was an African-American lawyer, intellectual, journalist, diplomat and community leader in the 19th and early 20th centuries. He graduated from freedmen's schools, Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, and Harvard Law School, and served as American Consul to the Dominican Republic from 1894 to 1898. He was an activist for the rights of Black Americans, working in Boston and Washington, D.C. He was a national vice-president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), as well as president of its Washington, D.C. chapter.

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