James Armsey
Military Person
1917 – 2008
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Who was James Armsey?
James W. Armsey was an American who served as an executive at the Ford Foundation where he oversaw the distribution of nearly a half billion dollars in grants. Through his efforts in the 1960s, the foundation denied grants to segregated universities, leading to the admission of the first black students at several major universities in the United States.
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- Born
- Dec 13, 1917
- Education
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Died
- Nov 2, 2008
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on July 23, 2013
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