Wednesday, October 30, 2024

A00070 - James Alphonso Curtis (Amherst College Class of 1933), Barringer High School (New Jersey) Graduate and New Jersey State Assemblymember

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The next name on my Memorial List is James Alphonso Curtis, a member of the Amherst College Class of 1933.  James Curtis was a graduate Barringer High School, presumably the Barringer High School located in Newark, New Jersey

Barringer High School - Wikipedia

James attended Amherst College where he was a member of the Amherst College football team.  James also ran outdoor track for Amherst College.  He was a philosophy major and graduated in 1933.  

After graduation from Amherst College in 1933, James became a lawyer.  It is not known where he went to law school.  However, he is listed as having practiced law from January 1937 to September 2001.  He appears to have been a self-employed lawyer throughout his legal career.

If anyone has any additional information about James Alphonso Curtis, please send it to me so that I can add it to our memory of him.

   

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  • junius williams 

    Sun, Nov 17 at 11:32 AM
    I had no idea James Curtis Esq. went to Amherst.  I knew him as a lawyer for one of the groups we selected through the Newark Housing Council (NHC), a non-profit community corporation formed to build housing on land we won in the Medical School (urban renewal)fight in Newark. I was the executive Director of NHC, and he represented a community group called TO-SAULT who got land to build housing still occupied today.  Don't ask me what the name meant, but the key operative was Rev. Horace Sharper of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Newark. 

    James Curtis was at one time a NJ State Assemblyman and an Essex County Freeholder (now called County Commissioner), both before the era of Black Power in Newark. He was supported by the Essex County Democratic party to get the "line" to win both seats, and as such was the go-to lawyer for the older generation of Black folks engaged in politics, like Rev. Sharper.

    Clearly, we had more to talk about than I realized back in 1968-69. My loss. Junius'65


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James A. Curtis (d)

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  • Catherine F. Curtis W'33 (d)

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James A. Curtis (d)

Professional

Employment Information

    Former

    • Attorney
      Self Employed
      Start:
      01/1937
      End:
      09/2001

    Industry Information

      Former

      • Law/Legal Services
      • Law/Legal Services: Attorney
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      James A. Curtis (d)

      Amherst

      Reunion Class

      • 1933

      Graduation Year

      • 1933

      Major(s)

      • Philosophy

      Other Academic

      Secondary Schools

      • Barringer High School
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      James A. Curtis (d)

      Amherst

      Athletics

      • Men's Football
      • Men's Track Outdoor

      Fraternity

      • Independent (no fraternity affil)

      Post-Graduate

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