Fulfilling the Promise of America

"Fulfilling the Promise of America."

In honor of Women’s History Month, Tiya revisits the timeless message of 19th-century abolitionist Angelina Grimké: “The ground upon which you stand is holy ground; never—never surrender it.”  First published in The Dallas Morning News in 2020, republished on

The First Person with Michael Judge. Published March 28, 2022.