Use of John Johnson’s Life Story in Conjunction with Other Black Entrepreneurs as Role Models for Potential Black Businessmen
Carol L. Cook
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Appendix F
J. J. Simmons III, about 1930, (
Collection of J.J. Simmons III
)
(figure available in print form)
Tuskegee Institute’s 1918 championship basketball team, with Jake Jr. in the center, holding the ball. Even as a teenager he knew how to stand out from the crowd. (
Collection of Blanche Jamierson
)
(figure available in print form)
As a high school student in 1952, Donald Simmons was the first black elected “youth governor” of the Oklahoma YMCA’s Youth in Government program. (
Simmons Family Collection
)
(figure available in print form)
