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Dr. Dolores Bernadette Grier is an African American pro-life activist and non-fiction author.
Early life edit
When Grier was a teenager she converted to Roman Catholicism. She graduated with a master's degree in social work from Fordham University. In 1980 she heard a "persuasive, dynamic speech in defense of all human life from conception" by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and credits this speech with bringing her into the pro-life movement.
Affiliations with the Roman Catholic Church edit
After her conversion to Catholicism, Grier worked in the department of social development of Catholic Charities as an educational co-ordinator. In 1985, Cardinal John O'Connor appointed her as vice chancellor to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. This was the first time a woman, an African American or a lay person had been appointed to the position.[1] Grier was appointed to the U.S. Bishops' National Advisory Council in 1994.[2]
Pro-Life Advocacy edit
In 1979, Grier presented workshops on 'The Black Community and Abortion' and 'Teenagers and Abortion' at the sixth annual Connecticut Right To Life Corporation convention.[3]
Published Works edit
In her book Death by Abortion: The Basic Facts, Griers commented on the course Jackson took in his career by saying, "Regrettably, Rev. Jackson joined the Democratic political party and adopted its pro-abortion/pro-choice platform. Too many legislators, Republican and Democratic, have chosen to walk on the 'comfort zone' bridge of pro-choice, thus turning their backs on the unborn human beings, perhaps because they are not yet voters or members of a political action group."[4]
NAACP edit
In 1993 the New York city branch of the NAACP selected her to be the recipient of the Women's History Month award, she refused it and membership because of the organization's pro-choice stance on abortion. "As president of the Association of Black Catholics," she wrote, "I believe abortion to be a racist weapon of genocide against black people. It has been thrust upon black women as a solution to their economic crises, confusion and concern."[4]
Grier sits on the Board of Advisors of the Catholic League and is founder of Black Catholics Against Abortion.
"Yesterday they snatched babies from our arms and sold them into slavery, today they snatch them from our womb and throw them into the garbage."[5]
References edit
- ^ Times, New York (1985-10-21). "Cardinal Appoints Black Woman". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "People - Dolores Bernadette Grier". Jet. 85 (14). February 1994.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "State Right-To-Life group to convene in New Haven". The Morning Record and Journal. 1979-09-22. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ a b Envoy Magazine, Bella Abzug Didn't Like Her, But We Sure Do: When it comes to her Catholic Faith, Dolores Bernadette Grier loves it, lives it and defends it, November/December 1998
- ^ Could Someone Please Tell Me Why...?, A New Visions Commentary, R. D. Davis, July 1996
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