James Cameron (civil-rights activist)

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James Cameron (February 23, 1914 in La Crosse, Wisconsin - June 11, 2006 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a civil rights activist. He founded America's Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee.

He became involved in politics after escaping from a lynching in Marion, Indiana in 1930.

Cameron died on June 11, 2006 after suffering from lymphoma for about five years. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Milwaukee.

The Milwaukee Common Council is working to rename four blocks of West North Avenue, from North King Drive to North 7th Street, in honor James Cameron, the name is honorary and was approved by the council's Public Works Committee on September 13, 2006 it now goes before the full council. ,[1]

[edit] Published works

  • Cameron, James. A Time of Terror: A Survivor’s Story, Black Classics Press, 1982.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sandler, Larry. "Street could be renamed for good Samaritan who died", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2006-08-30.


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