James Boggs

Biography Boggs was born in 1919 in Marion Junction, Alabama, and moved to Detroit in 1938.

James Boggs married Grace Lee Boggs in 1953 and they remained married until his death in 1993. They worked with organizations such as Save Our Sons and Daughters, We the People Reclaim Our Streets, and Detroiters Uniting. He has also written Racism and the Class Struggle as well as co-authored Revolution and Evolution in the Twentieth Century with Grace Lee Boggs.

In 1979 James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs contributed to the founding of National Organization for an American Revolution (NOAR).

Works The American Revolution: Pages from a Negro Worker's Notebook (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1963). Book Manifesto for a Black Revolutionary Party (Philadelphia: Pacesetters Publishing House, 1969). Racism and the Class Struggle: Further Pages from a Black Worker's Notebook (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1970). Lenin Today; Eight Essays on the Hundredth Anniversary of Lenin's Birth (with Paul Sweezy and Harry Magdoff) (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1970). The Awesome Responsibilities of Revolutionary Leadership (with Grace Lee Boggs) (Detroit: Committee for Political Development, 1970). But What About the Workers? (with James Hocker) (Detroit: Advocators, 1973). Revolution and Evolution in the Twentieth Century (with Grace Lee Boggs) (New York: Monthly Review Press, 1974). Issues in Race and Ethnic relations: Theory, Research, and Action (with Jack Rothman) (Itasca, Illinois: F.E. Peacock Publishers, 1977). Conversations in Maine: Exploring Our Nation's Future (with Grace Lee Boggs, Freddy Paine, and Lyman Paine) (Boston: South End Press, 1978). Towards a New Concept of Citizenship (Detroit: National Organization for an American Revolution, 1979). Liberation or Revolution? (Detroit: National Organization for an American Revolution, 1980). These Are the Times That Try Our Souls: The Questions We Have Yet to Ask Ourselves (with Grace Lee Boggs and James Hocker) (Detroit: National Organization for an American Revolution, 1981). Historical Development of Our Social Forces (Detroit: National Organization for an American Revolution, 1982). Our American Reality (Detroit: National Organization for an American Revolution, 1982). The Urgent Plea: A Call for Black Leadership (Philadelphia: National Organization for an American Revolution, 1985). What Can We Be That Our Children See? (Detroit: New Life Publishers, 1994).