James Cameron 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. He also served as Indiana's State Director of the Office of Civil Liberties from 1942 to 1950.
James Cameron (activist)
Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, lynched August 7, 1930, in Marion, Indiana
America's Black Holocaust Museum
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America's Black Holocaust Museum
America's Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) is dedicated to the history of the Black Holocaust in America. The museum was founded in 1988 by James Cameron, who became well known after surviving a lynching.
America's Black Holocaust Museum
America's Black Holocaust Museum building 1988–2008. It is now a virtual museum.
The new ABHM, which was scheduled to open fall 2019, is located on the ground floor of the newly built Griot building at 401 W. North Ave., Milwaukee.