User:Sparklejumpropequeenn/Snow Flake Grigsby

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Snow Flake Grigsby was born in Newberry County, South Carolina, to two farmers in a family of twelve children. He received his high school diploma from Harbison Junior College in 1923, and he attended the Detroit Institute of Technology. Grigsby went on to become a postal employee while raising a son and daughter with his wife Eliza Red. Snow Flake Grigsby died after a long battle with cancer at the age of 82. He died in Harper Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Snow Flake Grigsby was a civil rights activist for 5 decades. He used mass protest and organized his community to rally for equality in public affairs such as housing and jobs.