James Lee Dickey: An Analysis of One African-American's Leadership in Jim Crow Texas

An Analysis of One Leader in a Leaderless Time

Between the reign of African American leaders Booker T. Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr., the black population in the South floundered without a unifying hand. In its absence, local black leaders assumed the mantle of leadership for their brethren in issues directly pertaining to their lives, specifically in areas of education, business, housing, sanitation, health, and medical care. In the central Texas town of Taylor, Dr. James Lee Dickey was that person.

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