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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.
1796–1841
James George Barbadoes (c. 1796–June 22, 1841) was an African-American, community leader, and abolitionist in Boston, Massachusetts in the early 19th century. Dedicated to improving the lives of African-American people at the local level, as well as the…
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James H. Alston was an American state legislator in Alabama. He served in the legislature in 1868 and from 1869 to 1879. In 1868 he was elected from Macon County to the Alabama House of Representatives.
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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James Harris Wolff (August 4, 1847 – May 3, 1913) was an American Civil War veteran, civil rights activist, and prominent attorney in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a commander of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), and he was the only African American 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…
1948–
James E. Harris (born 1948) is an American communist politician, perennial candidate, meatpacker, trade unionist, and member of the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party. He was the party's candidate for President of the United States in 1996,…
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,…
1964–2019
James Hart Stern (June 13, 1964 – October 11, 2019) was an African American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, speaker, and author from Los Angeles, California. He was best known for his work defusing gang violence through a series of summits in the…
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James Hill (c. 1838 – June 12, 1903) was a Republican politician and government official in the U.S. state of Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives, including as Sergeant at Arms and as Speaker, and was Secretary of State of…
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James J. Hardy was an African-American member of the South Carolina legislature from 1870 to 1871. His son Walter S. E. Hardy became a doctor. He applied to the University of Tennessee in 1939. Dr. Walter Hardy Memorial Park and the Dr. Walter S. E. Hardy…
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James J. Spelman (January 18, 1841 – June 25, 1894) was an American journalist and politician active in New York and Mississippi. His early career was as a journalist and a stage performer and manager in New York City. During the American Civil War…
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James K. Greene was a carpenter and coach maker in Alabama, United States, who served in the state legislature. He lived in Hale County, Alabama. He is listed on a historical marker commemorating Black legislators in Alabama during the Reconstruction era.…
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James L. Jamison (died July 2, 1873) was a farmer, teacher, businessman, and state legislator in South Carolina. Jamison sat in the South Carolina Senate representing Orangeburg during the Reconstruction era. He was a Republican elected to terms in 1870…
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James Morris Lawson Jr. (September 22, 1928 – June 9, 2024) was an American activist and university professor. He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the…
1937–2021
James Lee Purnell Jr. (July 26, 1937 – December 27, 2021) was an American politician and social activist. He was best known as the first African-American elected to public office in Worcester County, Maryland.
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James Lewis (c. 1832 – July 11, 1914) was an African-American soldier and politician in Louisiana. Born into slavery and of mixed race, during the American Civil War he left a position as steward on a Confederate steamboat to move to New Orleans, which had…
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James Milo Alexander (February 7, 1815 – May 27, 1871) was an African-American businessperson and politician in Phillips County, Arkansas. Alexander was a successful businessperson and the first African-American justice of the peace in Arkansas. Born into…
1942–
James M. Baker (born 1942) is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, from 2001 to 2013. He took office in January 2001, during a Special Meeting of the Wilmington City Council, and left office in January 2013.
1904–1995
James M. Carrington (April 17, 1904 – January 28, 1995) was a photographer and Democratic politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives.
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James M. Dickson, sometimes written as James M. Dixon, was a minister, farm owner, and state legislator in Mississippi. He was enslaved from birth. He represented Yazoo County in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1872 and 1873. He also served as…
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