Earnest Sevier Cox
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Self-published promotional photo of Cox from 1930
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| Born | January 24, 1880 Blount County, Tennessee |
| Died | April 26, 1966 (aged 86) Richmond, Virginia |
| Cause of death | emphysema |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
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| Occupation | Author |
Earnest Sevier Cox (January 24, 1880 – April 26, 1966) was an American Methodist preacher, political activist and white-supremacist. He is best known for his political campaigning in favor of stricter segregation between blacks and whites in the United States through tougher anti-miscegenation laws, and for his advocacy for "repatriation" of African Americans to Africa, and for his book White America. He is also noted for having mediated collaboration between White southern segregationists and African American separatist organizations such as UNIA and the Peace Movement of Ethiopia to advocate for repatriation legislation, and for having been a personal friend of Black racial separatist Marcus Garvey.
Earnest Sevier Cox was born on January 24, 1880, in Blount County, Tennessee, near Knoxville. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Roane College in Tennessee in 1899. He then studied to become a Methodist preacher at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He studied Theology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee until 1909, but clashed with the faculty and did not receive a degree. During his studies he worked as a street preacher, but had to give up preaching due to throat problems. He then spent three years studying sociology in graduate school at the University of Chicago, but did not receive a degree. During that time, he studied under Professors Frederick Starr and Edward Alsworth Ross. During his studies in Chicago he became interested in race issues and became a vocal proponent of White Supremacy and black inferiority, and of the view that Blacks and Whites would never become able to peacefully coexist. He started traveling around to give public lectures.
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