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Julie
January 26, 2022
I thought I had posted before, but guess not. I had Dr Blackwell in several classes decades ago at UMB. He was a wonderful teacher and impacted my life in a positive way. I consider myself luck to have met.
Art Weinstein, Peace Corps Volunteer 1964-1967 in Malawi, Africa
October 1, 2021
Art Weinstein, Peace Corps Volunteer 1964-1967 in Malawi, Africa
October 1, 2021
Art Weinstein, Peace Corps Volunteer 1964-1967 in Malawi, Africa
October 1, 2021
My profile of Dr. Blackwell was posted by the National Peace Corps Association in their May 2020 "In Memoriam" blog, as follows:
"James Edward Blackwell, Ph.D. (1925-2020), was among the first wave of Peace Corps staff to venture to Africa, serving as Acting Country Director of Tanzania from 1963 to 1964, Country Director of Malawi from 1964 to 1966, and directing a major USAID program in Nepal from 1966 to 1969. In Malawi, he was responsible for 265 Peace Corps Volunteers who worked as teachers, public health personnel, agricultural extension and community development cadre throughout the country. A prolific writer and researcher in Sociology, he wrote groundbreaking books including The Black Community: Diversity and Unity and Mainstreaming Outsiders: The Production of Black Professionals. A long-time professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston (1970-1989), he became the first President of the Association of Black Sociologists, and a major consultant to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and to the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Maryland defending affirmative action programs in higher education. His collected notes and publications are maintained at the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University. He was the devoted husband to Myrtle Dapremont Blackwell, the `wind beneath his wings,´ his constant travel companion and life partner for fifty-three years, who predeceased him in 2016."
Here is a link to my profile of Dr. Blackwell: https://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/articles/in-memoriam-may-2020
Philip Hart
July 20, 2020
I am sorry to hear of the passing of my friend and colleague Jim Blackwell. We were on the faculty together at the University of Massachusetts Boston starting when I joined the faculty in 1974. Jim was already there in a leadership role. As a fellow sociologist he took me under a wing as he became a key mentor. We published two books and several articles together including a working paper we were commissioned to do in 1983 to address racism in Boston. Jim may be gone but his words live on in his important publications.
Ayo Alabi
May 31, 2020
Dr. Blackwell is a legend in sociology. I only wish that I got to know him as so many of his friends, colleagues, and academics he mentored in ABS. They love him. I know that he is an elder in our community... someone we owe a lot to for being a knowledge creator in this world. I will forever be a student of your work. May his family be comforted by his legacy and the love so many have for him. That photo is at an ABS conference where we give the James E. Blackwell Founders Award every year.
Rest well sir.
Walter Allen
April 16, 2020
Dr. James E. Blackwell was my friend and mentor. He will be greatly missed. He was a force of nature professionally and in the lives of those fortunate enough to know him. He accomplished so much and touched so many. Love you Professor.
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