Lillie Anna James
(d.1957)

Died aged unknown

Lillie Anna "Mother" James, born between 1875 and 1885, was a resident of Pensacola who in 1903 established a private school in her back yard for African-American children. For more than 40 years, neighborhood children paid a nominal fee to attend. Out of her school came lawyers, doctors, teachers and her grandson, Daniel "Chappie" James. She died in 1957.

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Lillie Anna "Mother" James (June 1876 – November 3, 1957) was an American educator who established a school for African American children in Pensacola, Florida. Her son, Daniel James Jr., became the first black full general in U.S. history. She is listed as a Great Floridian.

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