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Writers & Thinkers

James Small

active from 1960s (SNCC, NAACP, OAAU 1966–1980)

United States (New York); Ghana

Lecturer and activist who taught Black Studies at City College of New York, served eleven years as bodyguard to Malcolm X's sister Ella Collins, and is an Ifa priest and OAAU vice-president.

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College of the City of New York (City College), c. 1908, where James Small taught Black Studies
Credit: Detroit Publishing Co., Library of Congress. License: Public domain (LOC: no known restrictions; c. 1908).

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Sources

  1. Center for the Humanities, The Graduate Center, CUNY, "James Small" speaker profile (2015) (Primary source)
  2. Buffalo Challenger News, "Professor James Small to speak at 2024 Sankofa Days" (2024) (Reference)

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