Sutton E. Griggs

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Sutton Elbert Griggs (June 19, 1872-1872 – January 2, 1933) was an African-American author, Baptist minister, and social activist.

Imperium in Imperio, a utopian novel that imagines a distinct African-American nation within the United States, is his most well-known.

Early years

Elbert Sutton Griggs was born in Chatfield, Texas, and the Rev. George Griggs later changed the order of his given names). Allen R. and Emma Hodge Griggs, the second of eight children in the family. His grandfather was born free in Africa before being enslaved in America. His father, a former Georgia slave, became a well-known Baptist minister and founder of Texas's first black newspaper and high school. Sutton worked closely with his father on the National Baptist Convention's Education Committee. Later in life, he wrote a lot about his parents' lives and accomplishments.

Sutton Griggs attended Bishop College in Marshall, Texas, and the Richmond Theological Seminary. He became the First Baptist Church in Berkley, Virginia, after graduating. Emma Williams, a teacher, was married in 1897. In 1899, he was named pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in East Nashville and National Baptist Convention's treasurer. Griggs served as the co-founder and editor of the Virginia Baptist newspaper from 1894 to 1898.

Griggs, a prolific writer, wrote more than 30 books and pamphlets in his lifetime and sold them door to door or at the revival meetings at which he preached. Imperium in Imperio, his first book, was published in 1899, and it is his most well-known. In 1901, Griggs founded the Orion Publishing Company to sell books to the African American market. None of his four subsequent books achieved the success of Imperium in Imperio, but he did produce a regular supply of social and religious journals, as well as an autobiography.

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Both religious and social care were active and itinerant in Griggs' career. He was instrumental in the establishment of the National Civil and Religious Institute in Houston. He founded the National Public Welfare League in 1914. He served as president of the American Baptist Theological Seminary from 1925 to 1926, which his father helped found. His 19 years as pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Memphis saw him live on the social mission of churches by providing the city's only swimming pool and gymnasium.

The 1929 Wall Street Crash robbed the Tabernacle of investment funds and resulted in its destruction. Griggs returned to Hopewell Baptist Church in Denison, Texas, followed by a brief pastorship in Houston. He died in Houston and was buried in Dallas, just shy of resigning in 1933.

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Career

Griggs was a prolific author, selling them door to door or at the revival meetings at which he preached. Imperium in Imperio, his first book, was published in 1899, was his most well-known. In 1901, Griggs founded the Orion Publishing Company to sell books to the African American market. None of his four subsequent books were as good as Imperium in Imperio, but he did have a steady stream of socioeconomic and religious books, as well as an autobiography.

W.E. B.'s champion is an admirer. Griggs, a supporter of the Niagara Movement and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was strongly influenced by contemporary social theory. He believed that the use of social virtues alone could advance a culture and lead to economic growth. He has been described as a violent rebel in Marcus Garvey's novels, particularly Imperium in Imperio. However, his integrationist philosophy and the advocacy of white philanthropy earned him the scorn of self-help campaigners during his lifetime. His 1923 nonfiction book Guide to Racial Greatness; or The Science of Collective Efficiency advocated for racial change by collective effort.

Both the religious and social care professions were active and itinerant, with Griggs' careers in both the church and social care sectors. He was a founder of the National Civil and Religious Institute in Houston. He founded the National Public Welfare League in 1914. He served as president of the American Baptist Theological Seminary, which his father helped found from 1925 to 1926. His 19 years as pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Memphis saw him step on the social mission of churches by launching the city's only swimming pool and gymnasium.

The 1929 Wall Street Crash destroyed the Tabernacle of investment funds, triggering its dissolution. In Denison, Texas, Griggs returned to Hopewell Baptist Church and then to a brief pastorship in Houston. He died in Houston and was buried in Dallas shortly after resigning that position in 1933.

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