African American Men (S-Z)
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James Stewart, born on September 6, 1912, in Plano, Texas, served as a leader in the Oklahoma City Civil Rights Movement. He wrote the column “Jimmy Says” for Roscoe Dunjee’s “Black Dispatch” newspaper and, in 1942, was elected vice president of the Oklahoma City NAACP branch and soon became president. He was also a member of the NAACP’s National Board of Directors. Through Stewart’s work, job opportunities opened for Oklahoma City African Americans. Fighting segregation whenever it occurred, Stewart led his organization through the early struggles to secure civil liberties. Information provided by Rodger Harris  |
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Lawyer and publisher William H. Twine was born in Kentucky in 1864. For 17 years Twine edited and published the “Muskogee Cimeter.” The publication became one of the most successful African American newspapers in Indian Territory. During the push for statehood, Twine worked for equal rights in the new state. Twine opposed unfair laws in the state constitution, and pushed for the Republican party to recognize the rights of African Americans.
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| Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. was born in 1957 in Eufaula, Oklahoma. Watts attended the University of Oklahoma, where he was quarterback for the OU Sooners and graduated with a journalism degree.
From 1990-1994 he served as Chair of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. In 1994 Watts was elected to US Congress, becoming Oklahoma’s first African American Congressman. In 1998 he became Chairman of the Republican Conference, a high-ranking leadership position in the House of Representatives. Watts is founder and chairman of J.C. Watts Companies, based in Washington, DC.
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