James M. Baxter

Biography

James Miller Baxter (c. 1845 – December 28, 1909) was the first African-American principal of a school in Newark, New Jersey, taking the position at age 19 in 1864 and serving as Newark's only African – American principal until 1909, shortly before his death. Baxter was born in Philadelphia to James and Elizabeth Baxter, part of the city's small African-American middle class.

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