James Myles Hinton
James Myles Hinton Sr. | |
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| Born | 1891 Gates County, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | November 21, 1970 |
| Other names | James Myers Hinton, James Myles Hinton, Sr., J. M. Hinton |
| Occupation(s) | Minister, businessperson, civil rights leader |
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| Children | 4 |
Rev. James Myles Hinton Sr. (1891–1970) was an American minister, businessperson, and civil rights leader. Hinton was a leader within the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in South Carolina during the Jim Crow era in the 1940s and 1950s; he was a president of the local chapter, and served as the second president of the South Carolina Conference of Branches of the NAACP, from 1941 to 1958. In later life, Hinton served as the pastor at the Second Calvary Baptist Church in Columbia, South Carolina. In the 1940s and 1950s, he experienced harassment and violence from the Ku Klux Klan and/or other White supremacy organizations.