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1921–2013
James Emanuel (born June 15, 1921 – September 28, 2013) was a poet and scholar from Alliance, Nebraska. Emanuel, who is ranked by some critics as one of the best and most neglected poets of the 20th century, published more than 300 poems, 13 individual…
1875–1927
Aggrey, a scholar and teacher, was a leading advocate for African education and a founding vice-principal of Achimota College in the Gold Coast.
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James F. Peterson was a farmer, teacher, and state legislator in South Carolina. He represented Williamsburg County in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1872 to 1878. He was elected to the state house from Williamsburg County in 1872 along…
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James F. Williams II is a retired American librarian. He was the Dean of Libraries at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1988–2017. He holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Morehouse College (1966) and a master's degree in library science…
1984–
James Edward Fauntleroy II (born May 16, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and community builder from Inglewood, California. He is known for his extensive songwriting and vocal work for artists including Bruno Mars, Justin…
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James Forman Jr. (born James Robert Lumumba Forman; June 22, 1967) is an American legal scholar currently on leave from serving as the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He is the author of Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in…
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James Geoffrey Franklin (born February 2, 1972) is an American college football coach who is the head football coach at Virginia Tech. He previously served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University from 2011 to 2013 and at Pennsylvania State…
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James Franklin Lane (1874–1944) was an American educator and college president. For 37 years, he served as the third president of Lane College, a private historically black college located in Jackson, Tennessee. He was the son of bishop Isaac Lane, the…
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James Frazier is an American dance artist, arts administrator, and Dean of the Florida State University College of Fine Arts.
1937–1989
James B. Furman ((1937-01-23)January 23, 1937 – September 9, 1989) was an American composer and college professor. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of six he began piano studies with his aunt, Permelia Hansbrough. In 1953, at the age of sixteen, he…
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James G. Marshall (c. 1852–1891) was a farmer, teacher, court clerk, and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Holmes County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1878 and 1879. In 1885 he was recommended for the position of…
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James G. Patterson was a teacher and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Yazoo County in the Mississippi House of Representatives 1874–1875. On October 20, 1875, amidst a wave of political violence, he was lynched.
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James G. Spady (April 2, 1944 – February 17, 2020) was an American Book Award-winning writer, historian, and journalist. Over his fifty-year career, Spady authored and edited numerous books, worked in radio, television, and film, wrote hundreds of…
1960–
James Green (born July 8, 1960) is an American basketball coach. He was most recently the head men's basketball coach at Meridian Community College in Meridian, Mississippi, a position he held from 2016 until his retirement in 2024. Green served as head…
1918–1992
James Morgan Griffin Sr. (November 1, 1918 – March 13, 1992), sometimes known as "Little Train", was an American football player and coach and educator.
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James H. Ammons is an American educator and political scientist who has served as president and/or chancellor of three historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs): North Carolina Central University (NCCU) (president, 2001 - 2007); Florida A&M…
1899–1966
James Hezekiah "Johnny" Law Jr. (December 28, 1899 – July 9, 1966) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach, athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football coach at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania…
1842–1886
James H. Piles was an African-American teacher, school principal, lawyer, and state legislator in Mississippi. He was born c. 1842 in Springfield, Ohio, and before attending Oberlin College, worked as a barber. He left Mississippi after Reconstruction…
1909–1991
James Henry Rowland Sr. (January 9, 1909 – January 4, 1991) was an American football and basketball coach, college athletics administrator, and lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Bluefield State Teachers College—now known as Bluefield State…
1859–1924
James H. Stewart (September 5, 1859 – November 24, 1922) was a teacher and Republican politician. He was born in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, September 5, 1859 (1857, according to some sources). He moved to Falls County, Texas, in 1869, and then moved to…
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James H. Stith (born July 17, 1941) is an American physicist and educator. He is known for his influential roles in multiple scientific societies. He is the former vice president of the Physics Resource Center at the American Institute of Physics, a past…
1850–1916
James H. Washington (May 1, 1850 – December 23, 1916) was a school principal and state legislator in Texas. Washington was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He graduated from school at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio (Oberlin Academy), and moved to…
1859–1924
James Edwards Hamlin (1859 – October 19, 1924) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician. Born in Virginia, he attended Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. He worked some menial jobs before becoming a postal clerk, and…
1832–1891
James Henry Harris (c. 1832–1891) was an American upholsterer and politician. Born into slavery, he was freed as a young adult and worked as a carpenter's apprentice and worker before attending Oberlin College in Ohio. For a time, he lived in Chatham,…
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