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J. R. E. Lee

1864–1944

United States

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John Robert Edward Lee Sr. (January 26, 1864 – April 6, 1944) was an early leader in African-American education. He served as the third President of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, a historically black college, from 1924 to 1944.

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