James Cameron (activist)
American civil rights advocate (1914–2006) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Cameron (February 25, 1914 – June 11, 2006) was an American civil rights activist. In the 1940s, he founded three chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Indiana.[1] He also served as Indiana's State Director of the Office of Civil Liberties from 1942 to 1950.
James Cameron | |
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Born | (1914-02-15)February 15, 1914 La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States |
Died | June 11, 2006(2006-06-11) (aged 92) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
Occupation | political activist |
Years active | 1940–2006 |
Known for | surviving an attempted lynching |
Notable work | Founding America's Black Holocaust Museum |
Spouse |
Virginia Hamiliton (m. 1938) |
Children | 5 |
In the 1950s he moved with his family to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he continued as an activist and started speaking on African-American history. In 1988 he founded America's Black Holocaust Museum in the city, devoted to African-American history from slavery to the present.
Cameron was a survivor of a lynching attempt, which occurred when he was a 16-year-old suspect in a murder/robbery case in Marion, Indiana; two older teenagers were killed by the mob.[1]