Early Life and Abolitionism

In the late 1820s Sarah and Angelina Grimké traded their elite position as daughters of a prominent white slaveholding family in Charleston, South Carolina, for a life dedicated to abolitionism and advocacy of women's rights in the North.

Post-Civil War and Family Legacy

After the Civil War, discovering that their late brother had had children with one of his slaves, the Grimké sisters helped to educate their nephews and gave them the means to start a new life in postbellum America.

Activism and Civil Rights

The nephews, Archibald and Francis, went on to become well-known African American activists in the burgeoning civil rights movement and the founding of the NAACP.

Legacy

Spanning 150 eventful years, this is an inspiring tale of a remarkable family that transformed itself and America.