Selected Writings and Speeches of James E. Shepard, 1896-1946

James Edward Shepard was an African-American leader between 1900 and 1947. He was, however, more than a race leader. Shepard was a minister, politician, pharmacist, entrepreneur, world traveler, civil servant, businessman, one of the founders of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company (the world''s largest African-American Life Insurance Company), president of the International Denominational...