Sutton E. Griggs

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Sutton E. Griggs was an African American Baptist minister, novelist, and social activist best known for his early 20th-century works addressing race, segregation, and Black uplift in the United States.

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Sutton E. Griggs canonical 1
Sutton Elbert Griggs 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American writer ⓘ
Baptist minister ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
social activist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1930s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1890s ⓘ
burialPlace Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1872-06-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1933-01-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Bishop College ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Griggs ⓘ
father Allen R. Griggs ⓘ
founded Imperium Publishing Company ⓘ
National Public Welfare League ⓘ
fullName Sutton Elbert Griggs ⓘ
linked to: Sutton E. Griggs
genre African American literature ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ
givenName Sutton ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mainInterest Black self-help and uplift ⓘ
racial equality in the United States ⓘ
segregation in the United States ⓘ
movement African American social gospel ⓘ
Black uplift movement ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Imperium in Imperio ⓘ
Overshadowed ⓘ
The Hindered Hand ⓘ
Unfettered ⓘ
occupation Baptist minister ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
social activist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chatfield, Texas, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
spouse Emma Williams Griggs ⓘ
wrote Imperium in Imperio ⓘ
Overshadowed ⓘ
The Hindered Hand ⓘ
Unfettered ⓘ
wroteAbout African American political power ⓘ
Jim Crow laws ⓘ
racial violence in the United States ⓘ
segregation ⓘ

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Sutton → hasNotableBearer → Sutton E. Griggs ⓘ
Sutton E. Griggs → fullName → Sutton Elbert Griggs ⓘ
linked to: Sutton E. Griggs