Teacher; school administrator. Born– September 12, 1869, Snow Hill. Parents– Jackson and Martha Carmichael Edwards. Originally named Ulysses Grant Edwards; grandfather changed name to William James. Married–Susan Verdelle Johnson, May 17, 1900. Children–six. Education– Tuskegee Institute. Organized and operated Snow Hill Normal and Industrial Institute, in Wilcox County, which lasted from 1893-1972 and at one point had 400 students. Died March 4, 1950.

Source: Twenty-five Years in the Black Belt.

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Publication(s): Twenty-five Years in the Black Belt. Westport, Conn.; Negro Universities Press, 1970, c1918.