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James A. Parker
1922–1994
United States
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Biography
James A. Parker (April 30, 1922 – August 21, 1994) was an African-American Foreign Service Officer for the United States Department of State. In 1963, while at Boston University, he won a housing discrimination lawsuit in Lexington, Massachusetts. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Roxie and William Parker.
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